The St. Louis Blues continued their dominant March with a 5-1 thumping of the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

The win marked St. Louis’ fourth in a row as they improved their March record to an NHL-best 10-1-2.

The Blues (31-30-11, 73 points) scored three in the third after Jake McCabe brought it back within one for the visitors. Dylan Holloway had a two-point game two nights after he scored the overtime winner against San Jose. Jake Neighbours, Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas also had multi-point games

Jordan Binnington stopped 12 of just 13 shots for the Blues while Joseph Woll turned away 33 of 38 shots for the Maple Leafs (31-30-13, 75 points).

Jimmy Snuggerud opened the scoring 5:21 into the second period, beating Toronto defenseman Morgan Rielly to Cam Fowler’s slick feed through the slot. The goal boosted Snuggerud to second in rookie scoring since the new year. Former Leafs defenseman Justin Holl nabbed his first as a Blues player about five minutes later, tipping Kyrou’s point shot past Woll through a high screen to make it 2-0.

McCabe brought it back within one early in the third, flicking a seemingly innocent snap shot from the sideboards past an unsuspecting Binnington. The goal extended an unlikely point streak to three games for the stay-at-home defenseman.

The Leafs had some cause for excitement after Blues defenseman Theo Lindstein took a penalty for holding just over a minute later. Pius Suter was quick to disrupt their momentum with a short-handed goal off a feed from Thomas. Toronto was caught flat-footed on its own power play, with three Leafs opting to challenge Thomas in the corner instead of Suter in the high slot.

Kyrou recorded a second assist two-and-a-half minutes later, sliding a pass under the stick of Jacob Quillan and onto the tape of Holloway, who wristed it past Woll blocker side. Philip Broberg then made it 5-1 late on the power play.

The Maple Leafs were awarded a four-minute power play in the first period when Jack Finley was issued a double minor for high-sticking Quillan. Toronto failed to capitalize on the opportunity and only managed four shots through the first 20 minutes.

Toronto’s best chance of the opening frame came off the stick of Matias Maccelli after William Nylander stripped Pavel Buchnevich of the puck to spark a two-on-one. Binnington came across just in time to thwart Maccelli’s five-hole tuck.

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Stewart Cink ended the Hoag Classic’s second day with as great a flourish as possible, scoring a two-shot albatross on the par-5 18th, giving him a two-shot lead at 14 under at Newport Beach (Calif.) Country Club.

“It was a heck of a walk-off,” Cink said.

Cink nailed a great drive, then sank a 205-yarder using his 6-iron. The veteran golfer said later he knew he hit his second shot well, but he wasn’t sure on location until the crowd reacted.

Cink then reacted himself, posing to flex his muscles to cap off his 9-under-par 62.

“That’s not something we practice. That’s a rare thing that happens,” Cink said of his celebration following the conclusion of his round. “We try not to let the results matter, but when you get a result like that especially at the end of the day, I don’t have to hit another shot, I can’t mess up the next hole.

“So, that’s a cool moment to have happen right there on the 18th hole with the crowd. This is a great crowd here.”

Cink’s big moment overshadowed a great day overall for the five-time Champions tourney winner. Cink also had seven birdies while suffering a single bogey.

That left Cink two shots ahead of the field.

Closest in pursuit are Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson and New Zealand’s Steven Alker, who shot matching 66’s and are tied for second at 12 under.

“I love the course and I also love the area. It’s beautiful,” Jacobson raved about his surroundings. “Tried to swing down by the ocean, we might be looking at hopefully some surfing on Monday. Try to sneak that in.”

South Africa’s Ernie Els and Tim Petrovic each carded a 65 to remain tied at 11 under in fourth place.

Four golfers are tied for sixth at 10 under: David Toms (66), Australia’s Cameron Percy (66), Bo Van Pelt (67) and Brian Gay (69).

Day 1 leader Paul Goydos had a rough day, weathering four bogeys while netting a solitary birdie to settle for a 3-over 74, dropping him into a tie for 21st.

Reigning champion Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain built off a 1-under 70 Friday to go 7 under on Saturday (64), lifting him into a tie for 12th at 8 under.

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Cole Perfetti scored a go-ahead goal with 5:11 left in the third period, Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Denver to gain ground in the Western Conference playoff race.

Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist and Cole Koepke and Kyle Connor scored for Winnipeg (31-30-12, 74 points), which moved within three points of Nashville for the second wild card.

Brock Nelson and Parker Kelly scored and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 17 shots for Colorado (48-14-10, 106 points). The Avalanche’s lead over Dallas, which won at Pittsburgh on Saturday, was reduced to seven points.

Colorado, which had won four in a row, has a game in hand of the Stars.

The Jets were held without a shot for half of the third period but broke the tie late when Perfetti redirected Jacob Bryson’s shot from the point past Blackwood. The Avalanche challenged unsuccessfully that Jonathan Toews interfered with Blackwood.

Connor sealed Winnipeg’s victory with an empty-net goal at 17:51.

The Jets struck first when Vilardi deflected Josh Morrisey’s shot from the point at 3:51 of the first period. Colorado tied it on the power play when Nelson tipped Nazem Kadri’s shot over Hellebuyck at 8:59.

Cale Makar also assisted on the goal, his 52nd of the season and his 500th career point. He reached the milestone in his 467th NHL game, the fourth fastest by a defenseman in league history.

Koepke gave Winnipeg the lead again early in the second period. The Avalanche turned it over in the neutral zone, Koepke skated in on Blackwood, fanned on the shot from his backhand, but it slipped between the goaltender’s pads at 2:14.

Colorado got even again late in the second. Manson had the puck at the blueline, sent a shot to the net that Kelly redirected at 18:05. It was Kelly’s 17th of the season, further extending his career high.

The Avalanche carried the play for the first half of the third period and had several scoring chances on an extended shift, but Hellebuyck kept the game tied.

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