Playoff-bound Blues score 7 in 2nd period, beat Predators

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The St. Louis Blues set a franchise record for goals in a period, hanging seven on Nashville in the second period of an 8-3 win over the Predators on Sunday.

Calle Rosen, Brayden Schenn and Jordan Kyrou each scored two goals, Nathan Walker and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored, and Jordan Binnington made 33 saves for the Blues, winners of nine straight. St. Louis locked up its fourth straight playoff spot on Saturday when it beat Minnesota.

"I’m very happy with the team, the way they’re performing," Blues coach Craig Berube said. "They are playing for each other and right now. They are doing a good job. It’s all about the team."

Nick Cousins had a goal and an assist and Luke Kunin and Dante Fabbro also scored for Nashville, which has lost two of three. The Predators are tied in points with Dallas for the top wild card spot in the tight Western Conference.

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St. Louis Blues' Brayden Schenn (10) is congratulated after scoring a goal against the Nashville Predators in the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

The game was tied 1-1 after the first period. Cousins gave Nashville its only lead of the game at 4:16 and Schenn answered at 17:41.

"The thing is, it’s so cliché, but there’s nothing you can about it right now," Cousins said. "You just got to get ready for the next one. It doesn’t really matter whether we lost 2-1, 3-1. It’s a loss."

The floodgates opened in the second. Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros was pulled at 9:29 after allowing Kyrou’s first goal, which made it 4-1.

"Every line can play and every line can score goals