Robert Thomas extends points streak to lead Blues past Sharks 3-1

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Robert Thomas scored his 20th goal to extend his points streak to 15 games and the St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Thursday night.

Dakota Joshua also scored and Pavel Buchnevich added an empty-netter to lead the Blues to their 12th win in 14 games. Jordan Binnington made 20 saves.

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St. Louis set a franchise record by earning at least a point in a 14th straight game to keep pace with Minnesota in the race for second place in the Central Division and home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs. The teams are tied with 105 points, with the Wild having a game in hand.

"That's special," Binnington said of the team's 14-game points streak. "That's pretty tough to do in this league. We’ve put a pretty good series of games together here. We’ve kept our head down, take them one game at a time. ... We got a good number of points in a row. It’s a good accomplishment."

Noah Gregor scored the lone goal for the Sharks, who have lost 11 of 12 games and are playing out the string on a third straight season without a playoff berth. James Reimer made 25 saves.

St. Louis Blues defenseman Nick Leddy, left, and defenseman Justin Faulk, right, compete for the puck against San Jose Sharks left wing Rudolfs Balcers (92) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, April 21, 2022.  (AP Photo/Josie Lepe)

"It was a challenge for us to try to match them," coach Bob Boughner said. "There were times I thought we did a decent job. You’re not going many games scoring one goal and you’re not going to win against these guys if the power plays are 5-1 at the end of