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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild sharpened their game late against the St. Louis Blues and kept up an impressive recent stretch.Matt Dumba, Nino Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund scored, Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves and Minnesota held on to beat the Blues 3-1 on Sunday night for their fourth straight win.I think thats nine out of 10 games that weve gotten points in, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. I thought that was our best third period of the year. We had a one-goal lead and I thought we didnt give them anything. That is the way we play when were playing really good. Thats a positive thing. I hope theyre starting to believe theyre a good team.Dumba scored for the second straight game in the second period and Niederreiter got his eighth goal about seven minutes later. Granlund added an empty-net goal.Dubnyk is 6-0-2 in his last eight games, posting a 1.69 goals-against average and .941 save percentage since Nov. 23.Thats important to just get that feeling, get that good feeling going, Dubnyk said. When you can approach every game and feel good about what the outcomes going to be and how were going to play, thats how you get on these streaks. These streaks are important when the schedule gets tough at the end of the year.Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 14th goal of the season for St. Louis. Jake Allen stopped 22 shots for the Blues, who had won five of their past seven games.All these games are right there, but were not getting a big enough push back against these teams that really check hard, St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. They checked hard. We really checked them hard, but as the game wore they started to get a little bit control of it.After a scoreless first period in which the Wild managed just six shots on goal, Dumbas wrist shot put Minnesota ahead just 45 seconds into the second. The young defenseman brought the puck up the center of the ice and casually sent the puck on net, beating Allen high to the stick side.Allen had little help as Niederreiter scored for the first time in seven games. Erik Haula and Charlie Coyle were right in front of Allen, along with two defensemen, but Niederreiter cycled freely before flipping the puck in.Tarasenko, who had six goals against the Wild in the playoffs two years ago, scored for the 10th time in the past 18 games. He is tied for fifth in the league with 14 goals.I thought periodically again we played well, Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. I think the story of the road this year has been a little bit of consistency between games.St. Louis is 4-8-1 on the road this season, while 12-1-3 at home.Game notesMinnesota D Christian Folin skated in the pregame warmup but was scratched for the seventh straight game with a sprained MCL in his left knee. Folin has been cleared to return but Nate Prosser was in the lineup again Sunday. ... The Wild are 0 for 17 on the power play the past seven games. ... Blues assistant coaches Mike Yeo and Rick Wilson were honored by the Wild during a timeout in their first trip back to Minnesota. Yeo was the Wild coach for four-plus seasons, leading the team to the playoffs three times. Wilson had six years as an assistant with Minnesota.UP NEXTBlues: A four-game trip ends Tuesday night at Nashville.Wild: End a three-game homestand on Tuesday night against Florida.Cheap NBA Jerseys .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Nike NBA Jerseys China . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. https://www.nbachinajerseys.us/ . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph. Discount NBA Jerseys . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. Clearance NBA Jerseys . Galatasaray said in a statement on its website Monday that Mancini signed a three-year contract and will be paid 3.5 million euros for the upcoming season, with his salary upped to 4.Kumar Sangakkara and Mike Atherton join Ian Ward on the latest Sky Cricket Podcast to discuss Englands thriller with Sri Lanka, Jos Buttler, Angelo Mathews and in-form New Zealand.England edged into the World T20 semi-finals with a 10-run win over Sri Lanka in Delhi on Saturday - consigning both the reigning champions and South Africa to an exit at the Super 10s stage. Sky Sports Cricket Podcast - 26th March Sangakkara and Atherton watched the action unfold in the Sky Sports studio and discussed many of the hot topics afterwards, including... NERVES OF STEEL - With Sri Lanka requiring 22 from the final two two overs, Chris Jordan and Ben Stokes extinguished any hopes they had of victory with some excellent death bowling. Athers praises both seamers.TOP-ORDER CONCERNS - Sangakkara assesses the top-order collapse Sri Lanka suffered as they slumped to 15-4 chasing Englands 171-4, and how Angelo Mathews superb half-century almost turned the game.ddddddddddddBRUTAL BUTTLER - The difference between the sides was arguably Buttler, who smashed 66 from 37 balls for England. Our pundits discuss the dynamic keeper-batsman, plus we hear from the man himselfNEGATING NEW ZEALAND - The Black Caps are into the semi-finals on the back of four wins from four - but could they come a cropper against Eoin Morgans England in Delhi? Sky Sports Cricket Podcast - 26th March Click here to download the latest Sky Cricket Podcast or listen via the audioBoom link above. Also See:England reach WT20 semisScorecardAs it happenedButtler unstoppable ' ' '