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The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Penguins' Ryan Graves scored his first goal of the season during the game. The Penguins stand at 27-31-10;

The Penguins defeated the St. Louis Blues by a narrow margin, 5-3, for their third consecutive win against a pretty formidable Western opponent. St. Louis came into this game 7-1-2 in their last 10 games and just two points out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference.