Blues move into first place with 4-3 win

ST. LOUIS -- Paul Stastny scored on a deflection with 5 minutes, 54 seconds left to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.

St. Louis has won nine of its last 10 and moved a point ahead of Nashville in the Western Conference Central standings. The lone loss was a 2-1 setback to Nashville on Saturday.

The Predators had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Stastny tipped in a shot from Kevin Shattenkirk to break a 3-3 tie.

Vladimir Tarasenko, T.J. Oshie and Carl Gunnarsson also scored for the Blues. Tarasenko, who added an assist, has six goals and six assists during a career-high seven-game point streak.

Rookie goalie Jake Allen stopped 22 shots and improved to a 5-1.

Oshie, who missed the previous seven games with a concussion, scored just 3:25 into the game. Gunnarsson converted on a long shot that hit the goal post and then hovered over the goal line. Play continued for 1:47 before a stoppage in play allowed officials to look at a replay.

Nashville rallied from the 2-0 hole on goals by Philip Forsberg and Shea Weber. The Predators tied the game 3-3 on a power-play goal by Roman Josi with 1 second left in the second period.

Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne fell to 10-3.

Notes - Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne, who had won his last four starts, fell to 9-7 lifetime in St. Louis. ...The Predators have yet to lose back-to-back games this season. ...Nashville coach Peter Laviolette has 399 career coaching wins.