Blues 3-0 win over Stars

David Backes made the most of Connor McDavid Womens Jersey''Captains Night'' and helped the St. Louis Blues get another win against the Dallas Stars. Backes, the team's current captain, was honored before the game along with 11 former Blues captains. Backes followed that up with a goal and an assist, Jake Allen stopped 26 shots for his fourth shutout of the season, and the Blues beat the Stars 3-0 on Saturday night. Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan Reaves scored in the third period to help the Blues beat the Stars for the third http://www.officialoilersteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Connor_Mcdavid_Jerseyconsecutive time. It also ended St. Louis' four-game losing streak at home to Dallas dating back to Nov. 23, 2013. ''It's one of the better efforts we've had as a group and when you've got the team with the best record in the league, you know you're going to need it,'' Backes said. Backes also http://www.officialoilersteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Connor_Mcdavid_Jerseygot into a fight with Stars forward Jamie Benn in the first period, earning the Gordie Howe hat trick - a goal, assist and fight. ''(Backes) was great,'' Allen said. ''You could just tell he had a little something extra in his eyes.'' Antti Niemi stopped 23 of 26 shots for the Stars, but fell to 9-9 in his career against the Blues. The loss also snapped a nine-game point road streak for the Brian Elliott JerseyStars in which they went 7-0-2. Dallas (22-6-2) still has a league-best 46 points. ''Our goaltender gave us an incredible first and I thought we responded well,'' Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. ''I thought the Benn fight from that point on I thought we were the better team.'' The Blues,http://www.officialbluesteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_David_Backes_Jersey at 17-8-4, are second behind the Stars in the Central Division with 38 points. Allen improved to 2-1 in his career against the Stars and got his ninth career shutout. ''You're not going to shut them down, they had their scoring chances, but you've just got to make it hard for them,'' Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. ''That's what we did today for the first and third period we at least made it hard for them.'' Backes' power play goal at 2:00 in the first period gave the Blues a 1-0 lead. It was Backes' 53rd career power play goal, which moved him out of a ninth-place tie with Brendan Shanahan for most in franchise history.