Tarasenko leads Blues to rout over Oilers

Vladimir Tarasenko completed a Gordie Howe hat-trick — scoring two goals, assisting on two more and getting into a fight — to lead the St Louis Blues to an 8-3 rout over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.Brayden Schenn also scored twice and assisted on two more goals, extending his career-high point streak to eight games, as the Blues won their third in a row and improved their Western Conference-leading record to 16-5-1.Milan Lucic, Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse scored for the Oilers.Canucks 5, Flyers 2Brock Boeser scored a pair of goals to lead Vancouver over Philadelphia.The Canucks’ Daniel Sedin added a goal and an assist to move within four points of the 1,000-point mark. Vancouver’s Sven Baertschi picked up his eighth goal of the season, and Loui Eriksson added an empty-net goal and an assist.Defenseman Ivan Provorov and right winger Jakub Voracek netted goals for the Flyers, who lost for the fifth straight time.Stars 3, Canadiens 1Devin Shore and Tyler Seguin each had a goal and an assist, and Ben Bishop stopped 29-of-30 shots for Dallas in a victory against Montreal.Jason Spezza also scored for the Stars, who improved to 8-2-0 at home.Brendan Gallagher had the lone goal for the Canadiens, who lost their fourth straight.