ST. LOUIS -- Nazem Kadri scored twice, and the Toronto Maple Leafs ended a three-game trip with a 4-1 win against the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center on Saturday.
Brad Boyes and PA Parenteau scored, and Roman Polak had two assists for the Maple Leafs (9-13-5). Garret Sparks made 27 saves in his third NHL start and helped Toronto end a three-game road losing streak.
It was Toronto's first win at St. Louis since Nov. 11, 2011 and the first time the Maple Leafs defeated the Blues in regulation since Feb. 6, 2007; St. Louis was 7-0-2 in that stretch.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored for St. Louis (15-8-4), which lost its third in a row (0-2-1) and fifth in the past seven games (2-2-3). Jake Allen made 25 saves; he was replaced by Brian Elliott after Toronto's third goal for 2:18 before coming back in the game.
The Blues have scored one goal in each of their past three games.
Boyes, who was screening Allen, tipped a Roman Polak shot from the right point at 6:11 of the second period. It was Polak's first multipoint game since Nov. 20, 2014 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Parenteau's first goal in eight games came off a delayed penalty call after Tyler Bozak's shot was blocked in the slot and Parenteau came in and put a backhand five-hole at 8:57 for a 3-1 lead.
Kadri's second of the game came off a 2-on-1 with the teams playing 4-on-4, and he beat Allen five-hole from in tight at 6:47 of the third period to make it 4-1.
The Blues, a night after playing on the road, had the first six shots on goal, 10 of the first 12, and scored the first goal.
Tarasenko's Blues-leading 15th goal came off a 2-on-1 passing play with Paul Stastny. Tarasenko took the initial pass, skated into the slot and beat Sparks five-hole 1:51 into the game.
The Blues had multiple chances to extend the lead, but Sparks stopped a Stastny chance with a sprawling left pad, then thwarted Backes, who tried to beat him five-hole on a breakaway after a line change.
Toronto tied the game late in the first when Allen couldn't handle Leo Komarov's initial shot. It was loose in the slot and popped to Kadri, who beat Allen with the rebound with 1:17 remaining in the first to make it 1-1.
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