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Kings drop third game in a row

From left, the Kings’ Kevin Fiala, Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar celebrate Fiala’s goal against the Blues on Saturday. Michael Thomas / AP

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ST. LOUIS — Colton Parayko and Pavel Buchnevich each scored, and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Kings 4-1 on Saturday night.

Dylan Holloway and Zack Bolduc also scored for St. Louis, which has won four in a row for the first time this season.

Kevin Fiala scored, and David Rittich made 30 saves for the Kings, who have lost three straight.

Bolduc scored his ninth goal of the season on a breakaway 9:27 into the second to expand the lead to 3-1.

Buchnevich scored his 13th goal of the season on a feed from Robert Thomas to put St. Louis ahead 2-1 with 1:53 remaining in the first period. Thomas has an assist in nine straight games.

Parayko scored his career-best 15th goal of the season on a feed from Jordan Kyrou 9:37 into the first period to tie the game at 1-all.

Fiala scored his 24th goal of the season on a power play 3:43 into the first period to put the Kings ahead 1-0.

Despite scoring first, the Kings showed signs of fatigue after playing Friday night in Dallas.

St. Louis controlled the flow of the game for the majority of the contest as the Blues finally appear to be hitting its stride under coach Jim Montgomery. The Blues are 4-0-1 since play resumed after the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Montgomery won his 200th regular-season game in his 336th career game as a head coach making him the sixth-fastest coach in NHL history to achieve that milestone.