Tkachuk powers Flames to win against Blues

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueMatthew Tkachuk assisted on 5 of the Flames' 7 goals, Johnny Gaudreau added a goal and 3 assists, and Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves in the winCALGARY -- Matthew Tkachuk had an NHL career-high five assists for the Calgary Flames in a 7-1 win against the St. Louis Blues at Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday.Tkachuk has scored 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in a five-game point streak."Matthew's got great vision when he's got the puck, and playing on his off-wing this year gives him a whole different dynamic of what he can see and what he can do, and he's making the most of it," Calgary coach Darryl Sutter said.Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and three assists, and Elias Lindholm and Sean Monahan each scored for the Flames (19-12-6), who have won two of their past three games after losing four straight. That's not Blues hockey."Lindholm extended the lead to 3-1 on the power play at 15:46 after another setup by Gaudreau, who has scored 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in a five-game point streak."[Gaudreau] made some great plays, was moving well," Tkachuk said. Seemed like tonight was one of those games where one of us would get the puck and the other two were working for space and getting open, and [we had] some nice plays out there and just a lot of time in their zone."Video: STL@CGY: Lindholm holds up at circle, wrists 1 inMonahan scored on the power play 3:24 into the second period to make it 4-1 when he shot by Binnington's blocker, and Blake Coleman pushed the lead to 5-1 at 14:11.Adam Ruzicka extended it to 6-1 at 16:09 when he finished a three-way passing play with Tkachuk and Gaudreau, and Gaudreau made it 7-1 at 19:36 with a shot glove side on Binnington off a partial breakaway set up by Tkachuk."He's making plays out there," Gaudreau said. "We're going to take some stuff out of [the game], learn from it, and move on and play a better game the next time we play them."NOTES: Gaudreau, who has at least 30 assists in eight straight seasons, is seventh in the NHL in assists since the start of the 2014-15 season (356).