Svechnikov, Jarvis lift Hurricanes past Blues for 4th win in row

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Andrei Svechnikov had two goals and an assist, and Seth Jarvis had one goal and two assists for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-1 win against the St. Louis Blues at PNC Arena on Tuesday.

Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist, Brent Burns had two assists and Frederik Andersen made 35 saves for the Hurricanes (38-10-8), who have won four in a row and are 13-1-1 in their past 15 games.
"'Svech' got us going. He was dynamic pretty much the whole game," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "And then 'Freddie' was great. He kept us in the game. Overall, I'm [really] happy with it."

Justin Faulk scored, and Jordan Binnington made 32 saves for the Blues (26-28-3), who have lost three in a row and eight of 11.
"I thought we battled," St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. "Overall, we've got to score a couple more goals than we did."
Svechnikov gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 1:26 of the first period with his 20th goal of the season. He skated from the defensive zone before scoring from the right face-off circle on a wrist shot over Binnington's blocker, ending a 19-game drought.
"It's been a while for me," Svechnikov said. "Whenever you score, it gives you a little bit of confidence, and you just try to create even more chances. I wasn't worried, actually. I know what kind of player I am; it just didn't come for me."
His second goal made it 2-0 at 7:57 when Binnington stopped a net-front tip by Jarvis and the rebound came to Svechnikov, who scored into an open net on the backhand.

Faulk cut it to 2-1 at 3:59 of the second period, one-timing a short pass from Josh Leivo from the left circle.
Aho made it 3-1 at 16:36 after Svechnikov's centering pass went off the right post before Aho jammed it in the net.
"Their first goal was pretty nice, but on the next two we just lost guys in front," Faulk said. "(On Aho's goal), they have 2 there against our 1, and they were able to tap it in. We kind of gave them chances that are just mistakes on our end."
The Blues tested Andersen on the power play early in the third period, but the Carolina goalie made saves against Brayden Schenn, Nikita Alexandrov and Ivan Barbashev.
"I try not to get ahead of myself and really just focus on each situation," Andersen said. "We've been playing really well too, so obviously that helps."
Jarvis scored at 2:25 of the third period for the 4-1 final when Aho forced a turnover against Colton Parayko in front the net and fed Jarvis, who drew Binnington out of position and tucked the puck inside the left post.
"That kind of came out of nowhere," Jarvis said. "Usually, I would just get that and shoot it. I thought, maybe I'll hold onto it. I tried it, and luckily it worked out."

NOTES: Blues defenseman Torey Krug left the game with a lower-body injury in the third period. Berube did not have an update. … St. Louis defenseman Marco Scandella, who had hip surgery in August, had four hits and two blocked shots in 15:43 in his season debut; the game was his 700th in the NHL (Blues, Minnesota Wild, Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens). … Svechnikov and Aho were each plus-4 for the first time in the NHL. … Jarvis had his second three-point game in the past three; he had a hat trick in a 6-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. … Carolina did not have a power play for the first time this season.