Rangers beat Blues 6-3 for 7th straight win

November 12, 2015 at 9:12 p.m. | Updated November 12, 2015 at 9:12 p.m.

by DENIS P. GORMAN, Associated Press

St. Louis Blues right wing Dmitrij Jaskin (23), center, celebrates with Blues left wing Magnus Paajarvi (56), of Sweden, and center Kyle Brodziak (28) after scoring a goal in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015.
St. Louis Blues right wing Dmitrij Jaskin (23), center, celebrates with Blues left wing Magnus Paajarvi (56), of Sweden, and center Kyle Brodziak (28) after scoring a goal in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers in New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015.

NEW YORK (AP) - Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes scored in the first period, and the New York Rangers beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Thursday night for their seventh straight victory.

J.T. Miller, Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi also scored for New York, which improved to 12-2-2.

Dmitrij Jaskin, Vladimir Tarasenko and Troy Brouwer scored for St. Louis, which had won three in a row. The Blues fell to 11-4-1.

New York and St. Louis entered ranked first and third, respectively, in the NHL in goals against per game. But the first of their two meetings this season was a wild affair.

By the first intermission, the Rangers led 3-1 and the Blues had made a goaltending change.

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