Former teammate Paul Stastny scored his 17th goal of the year and Jake Allen made 27 saves as the St. Louis Blues handed the Colorado Avalanche their 11th shutout and 44th loss on the season in front of a despondent Pepsi Center crowd.
The Blues wasted little time getting on the scoreboard in the first period, capitalizing on a Rene Bourque holding penalty on Vladamir Tarasenko just 2:59 in. After St. Louis got set up in the Avalanche zone, Blake Comeau would lose a puck battle along the boards and failed to clear the zone. The Blues then worked the puck around to Jaden Schwartz down low, who calmly waited for Francois Beauchemin to slide down on one knee and take himself out of the play before finding Paul Stastny crashing to the net for an easy one-timer.