NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Steven Stamkos scored four goals and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 7-2 on Thursday night for their fourth win in five games.

Filip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly and Michael Bunting also scored for Nashville. Luke Evangelista had three assists, and Roman Josi, Matthew Wood, Nick Blankenburg and Fedor Svechkov each had two. Juuse Saros finished with 24 saves.

Robert Thomas and Hugh McGing scored for St. Louis, and Philip Broberg had two assists. Jordan Binnington had 19 saves through two periods, and Joel Hofer had six in the third.

Stamkos gave the Predators a 1-0 lead 8:22 into the game, batting the rebound of his own shot out of the air and past Binnington.

Stamkos doubled the lead with 8:41 left in the opening period, knocking in the rebound of a shot

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