GLENDALE Nazem Kadri Jersey , Ariz. (AP) ¡ª when Vladimir Tarasenko is shooting. Jordan Binnington is making it look awfully small when he¡¯s in it.The combination has led the St. Louis Blues to their longest winning streak in 18 years.Binnington matched a franchise rookie record with his seventh straight victory, Tarasenko scored twice and the Blues stretched their winning streak to eight games with a 4-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.¡°I¡¯m excited about the direction this is headed,¡± Binnington said. ¡°How disciplined we¡¯re being, selfless. It¡¯s fun to be a part of.¡±Joel Edmundson scored early in the first and had an assist on Tarasenko¡¯s goal late in the period. Tarasenko put the Blues up 3-0 late in the second period with a power-play goal, giving him nine goals and eight assists during a career-high 10-game points streak.Robert Bortuzzo scored his second goal of the third period for the Blues, who have their longest winning streak since 2000-01. St. Louis is 14-4-1 in 2019, including 9-2-1 on the road.Binnington made 21 saves to match Brent Johnson¡¯s rookie franchise record winning streak set in 2000-01. Binnington had a shutout in his first career NHL start on Jan. 7 and has two more while going 11-1-1.¡°Great job by him and the team,¡± Blues coach Craig Berube said. ¡°He¡¯s playing really well, and we¡¯re playing well in front of him.¡±Coming off a 6-1 win over Vegas, the Coyotes came out flat against arguably the NHL¡¯s hottest team, leading to a predictable result.Arizona gave up two goals in the first period and Danton Heinen Jersey Kids , despite playing better the final two periods, had a hard time generating scoring chances after the Blues packed it in defensively.Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 shots for Arizona, which has lost six of eight.¡°To beat St. Louis, you¡¯ve got to be quicker on the puck,¡± Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. ¡°The second we were better, but the first we were sluggish.¡±The Coyotes have dominated the series with St. Louis recently, winning the three previous games by a combined score of 17-3. Arizona rolled over the Blues in the first meeting this season on Dec. 1, all but chasing goalie Chad Johnson out of St. Louis by scoring all its goals against him in a 6-1 win.St. Louis has been a different team since the start of the new year, though, winning behind Binnington and a high-scoring offense.The Blues jumped on the Coyotes early Thursday night, dominating the puck until scoring 3 1/2 minutes in when Edmundson swept a rolling pass from Jaden Schwartz past Kuemper¡¯s right pad.Tarasenko made it 2-0 with his 23rd goal Authentic Mitchell Marner Jersey , lifting his stick waist-high to deflect a pass from Edmundson under Kuemper¡¯s left arm.Tarasenko stretched the lead to three goals late in the second period, one-timing a pass from Brayden Schenn at the left circle for his 24th of the season.¡°It¡¯s kind of disappointing when you look at how our team came out,¡± Coyotes captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson said. ¡°We knew we had to win this one, so it hurts a little.¡±Notes: The teams¡¯ final meeting this season will be March 12 in St. Louis. ¡­ Coyotes C Brad Richardson returned after missing 13 games with an upper-body injury. ¡­ Blues LW David Perron missed his seventh straight game with an upper-body injury.UP NEXTThe Blues play at Colorado on Saturday.The Coyotes host Toronto on Saturday. Players take note: Referees aren¡¯t swallowing their whistles so far in the 2018 NHL playoffs.Penalties are up more than 17 percent over the same time a year ago and are playing a substantial role in several series. Through 19 games in the first round, there have been nearly 10 penalties per game. Last year, there was an average of eight penalties called through 20 games.¡±The penalties that have been called in the series so far is an indication of how the referees are calling the game,¡± Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said Monday. ¡±They¡¯re calling it as they see it. I think discipline is of the utmost importance.¡±While the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions haven¡¯t been perfect in that regard against Philadelphia, they haven¡¯t been derailed by a lack of discipline. Around the rest of the NHL, penalties and the ensuing power-play goals are making a big difference: There have been 38 power-play goals through Sunday¡¯s games compared with just 21 in 2017.The NHL wants officials to call playoffs at the same standard as the regular season, which is happening with penalties actually going up from the first period through the third. Each of the 10 pairings of referees working the playoffs has at least one who has worked the Cup Final, so the hope is having that experience helps maintain consistency.The Washington Capitals blew two-goal leads in back-to-back overtime losses on home ice to Columbus because of ill-advised penalties and go into Game 3 on the road (7:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday http://www.officialmapleleafsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-mo rgan-rielly-jersey , NBCSN) knowing it¡¯s a problem that needs immediate fixing.¡±We need to be a little smarter,¡± center Nicklas Backstrom said. ¡±We need to play with better discipline ¨C especially when we have the lead twice. ¡­ It¡¯s obviously going to hurt you in the playoffs. That¡¯s the way it is. It¡¯s just fact.¡±Nine of the 14 regulation goals in the Washington-Columbus series have come on the power play. The Blue Jackets, who surged into the playoffs by not taking a lot of penalties to tax one of the worst special teams units in the league, lead the playoffs in penalty minutes per game.Coach John Tortorella said the Blue Jackets ¡±have to cure that¡± because it¡¯s too dangerous to keep taking so many penalties. His players know it even if they¡¯re unsure of the standard.¡±We need to stay out of the box, but you never know what¡¯s a call and what¡¯s not anymore,¡± forward Cam Atkinson said. ¡±But that¡¯s the game right now.¡±In the West, where Winnipeg leads Minnesota 2-1, the teams realize how tight things are being called.The Wild took five penalties in the first 31 minutes Sunday night and stymied the Jets¡¯ power play in a 6-2 comeback win. The teams combined for 19 penalties ¨C including some fights and misconducts ¨C in the second game of their series.¡±We¡¯ve just got to watch taking penalties,¡± Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said. ¡±Both teams were really emotional at the beginning and you¡¯ve got to worry about taking penalties and getting behind the eight ball.¡±It¡¯s chippy between the Golden Knights and Kings, too, with Vegas up 3-0 going into Game 4 (10:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday Nikita Zaitsev Jersey Kids , NBCSN) in Los Angeles. All three games so far have been decided by a goal, L.A. defenseman Drew Doughty was suspended for an illegal check to the head of William Carrier and Kings coach John Stevens is none too happy about a missed call on Vegas forward Erik Haula for hitting Anze Kopitar in the face with the butt end of his stick Sunday night .¡±We get a guy suspended for making a hockey play, and he butt-ends one of the best players in the world in the face,¡± Stevens said. ¡±That¡¯s an intent-to-injure play.¡±COMEBACK KINGS?Los Angeles is the most recent team to come back from a 3-0 series deficit, doing so in 2014 against the San Jose Sharks on the way to winning the Stanley Cup. Stevens, who was an assistant four years ago, said his team has ¡±had some resilience all year,¡± and the tightness of the games against Vegas combined with the excellence of goaltender Jonathan Quick certainly makes an turnaround possible.INJURIESThe Jets lost Tyler Myers to a lower-body injury that coach Paul Maurice thought was avoidable, and the big defenseman¡¯s status is uncertain going into Game 4 (8 p.m. EDT Tuesday, CNBC). Young Tucker Poolman could draw into the lineup in place of Myers if necessary.The Capitals won¡¯t have forward Andre Burakovsky for at least Games 3 and 4 in Columbus because of an upper-body injury. Coach Barry Trotz said Burakovsky is going to ¡±miss some time¡± after being crunched into the boards by Boone Jenner in Game 2. Speedy winger Jakub Vrana, a surprise scratch for Washington on Sunday Womens Patrick Marleau Jersey , goes back in for Burakovsky.WHO STARTS?Trotz said he has decided who will start in goal for the Capitals in Game 3 but hadn¡¯t yet told Braden Holtby and Philipp Grubauer. After Grubauer allowed eight goals on 49 shots before being yanked at the second intermission of Game 2, the smart money is on Holtby, the 2016 Vezina Trophy winner.BARTON OUTLinesman Steve Barton, who was injured when he inadvertently clipped skates with Blue Jackets forward Josh Anderson and had to be helped off the ice by trainers, dislocated his kneecap and tore a quadriceps muscle in his left leg. Barton will require surgery but didn¡¯t tear ligaments in his knee, which doctors said is good news because they expect him to make a full recovery.¡ª