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the last time it faced Nashville when he fought Austin Watson 2 seconds into the game that snapped the Blues’ five-game losing streak to the Predators. Therefore Dylan DeMelo Jersey Womens , he didn’t hesitate to try and see history repeat itself when Cody McLeod challenged him two minutes into their next meeting.Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 19th goal of the season after Maroon’s fight gave the Blues a lift, rookie Jordan Binnington made 28 saves and St. Louis beat Nashville 3-2 on Saturday, extending their season-best winning streak to five games.“Always when somebody throws the gloves it’s nice,” Tarasenko said. “But it’s a tough fight and Patty heated us up.”Vince Dunn and Mackenzie MacEachern also scored for the Blues, who have gone 11-4-1 in their last 16 and occupy the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.“Every line is chipping in at the right time,” Maroon said.“All four lines are rolling and you can see why. Our defense is playing great and we’re getting timely saves at the right time and we’re scoring and we’re going to the net and doing the little things that make this team a good hockey team.”Binnington has started all five games during the streak and improved to 9-1-1 in his NHL career.“He’s playing great,” Blues interim coach Craig Berube said. “Every night he gives us a chance to win. I’ve said that a number of times but that is the truth. He’s aggressive and challenges and he’s standing tall.”Pekka Rinne stopped 30 of 33 shots for Nashville, which had won five of six. The teams meet again Sunday in Nashville.“Pekka kept us in that game, but our first 40 minutes were just not good enough,” Predators center Ryan Johansen said. “The good thing is we are right back at it tomorrow against the same team, and the work we brought in the third period is what we need tomorrow for the whole game.”Dunn scored his seventh goal of the season 2½ minutes after Maroon’s tilt with McLeod when he roofed a rebound over Rinne 4:37 into the game.Tarasenko gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead when he one-timed a pass from Brayden Schenn past Rinne with 1:15 left in the first. Tarasenko has registered a point (four goals Gabriel Gagne Jersey Womens , five assists) in seven consecutive games.Mattias Ekholm scored his seventh goal of the season on a power play when his shot bounced off Binnington’s glove to cut the St. Louis lead to 2-1. It was just Nashville’s second power-play goal in its last twelve games.MacEachern answered with his second career goal when he poked a rebound past Rinne to restore St. Louis’ two-goal lead.“The guys seem to have some confidence when the opposing team scores,” MacEachern said. “I think it kind of fires us up a bit and we kind of go out there and respond, which is huge.”With Rinne pulled for an extra attacker late in the third, Nashville pulled within one when Johansen swatted Filip Forsberg’s rebound out of the air for his 11th goal of the season.NOTESTarasenko has 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists) in 30 games against Nashville since 2012-2013, tying Dallas’ Jamie Benn for second-most by an opposing player in that span. … St. Louis has outshot its opponent in 19 straight games. … Nashville has dropped two straight to St. Louis after winning five in a row dating to last season.UP NEXTThe teams head to Nashville for the second game of their back-to-back on Sunday. BOSTON — The Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils both hit their Christmas breaks with a loss.But overall, the picture is much brighter for Boston as New Jersey visits TD Garden to resume play for the two teams on Thursday night.The Bruins had won three straight before losing 5-3 on Sunday at Carolina — with the Hurricanes wearing Hartford Whalers uniforms — and are getting healthier heading into the new calendar year.Article continues below ...The Devils had 39 shots on goal but lost 3-0 to Sergei Bobrovsky and the Columbus Blue Jackets the same day, their second loss in three games to that team. New Jersey has lost four of its last five games and is just 3-7-5 in its last 15 while dropping into last place in the Eastern Conference.The Bruins (20-13-4) got Patrice Bergeron back from injured reserve Saturday and Bergeron had two goals, including his 300th, and two assists in a win over the Nashville Predators Saturday before getting blanked at Carolina. He has 30 points in 21 games this season.But Zdeno Chara, Kevan Miller and Jake DeBrusk are getting closer to returning — for a team that has been hammered by injuries from the start but is still currently in a playoff spot.Asked about his team getting healthier James Van Riemsdyk Jersey Womens , and down the road in the playoffs, Boston’s David Backes said, “I’m not going to talk about that, because the second we talk about that, someone else might have an ailment.“Yeah, it’ll be nice to see where the marbles all lay at the end of it. That’s kind of been our M.O. all year: Wherever you’re inserted, you’ve got to be effective and bring what you can bring and contribute to a team win. We’ve done a decent job of that, and we find ourselves at the Christmas break in a playoff spot.”The Bruins have won the last six TD Garden games between the teams.Poor puck handling by Tuukka Rask contributed to Sunday’s loss, and coach Bruce Cassidy criticized his goaltender’s handling of the puck.Jaroslav Halak, in net for the three-game winning streak, will likely face New Jersey Thursday. He is 12-6-2 with three shutouts Matt Cullen Jersey Womens , a 2.07 goals-against average and .937 career save percentage against New Jersey. Rask is 6-4-2 with a 1.59 goals-against average against the Devils.Keith Kincaid, yanked from Sunday’s loss, won his only previous start against Boston, with 39 saves on 40 shots.In other Devils news, Taylor Hall, the franchise’s first Hart Trophy winner as the league’s MVP, was named New Jersey Sportsperson of the Year by the NJ Advance Media. He beat out New York Giants’ rookie Saquon Barkley, who won the readers’ poll.Hall led the Devils back into the playoffs last year.“The playoffs last year, I swear, when the games were in our building, it was amazing Derek Grant Jersey Womens ,” Hall said “I thought it was louder than (first-round opponent) Tampa for sure. You can tell the excitement in our fan base when we were going on that run, and when we clinched against Toronto last year, it was awesome. You have to get winning in order to feel that though.”On their website, the Devils point out that Hall has 37 points in 32 games —while he had 36 in his first 36 games last season.Bruins rookie Urho Vaakanainen, who missed two months with a concussion, is healthy again, but is on loan to the Finnish National Team in the World Junior Championships.