ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Blues centre T.J. Oshie knew exactly what to do with the puck that completed his first three-goal game in the NHL. That souvenir now belongs to his 10-day old daughter, Lyla Grace, who was born on March 17. "Its definitely going to her," he said. Oshies hat trick and a 27-save performance by Ryan Miller led the Blues to a 5-1 rout over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. St. Louis has won three in a row overall and nine straight against the Wild. The Blues lead the NHL with 107 points. Jaden Schwartz and Brenden Morrow also scored for St. Louis, which has points in its last 10 home games. Miller improved to 9-2-1 since being acquired from Buffalo on Feb. 28. He has a 2.03 goals against average and a .918 save percentage with the Blues. Zach Parise scored for the Wild, who had earned points in their previous three road games but have lost six of eight overall. Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves but fell to 12-8-4. He has won just twice in nine starts. Oshie, who has a career-high 21 goals, scored twice in the first period -- including a short-handed goal with 26 seconds left that made it 2-0. He converted from the slot at 4:43 and then beat Kuemper on a breakaway for the Blues fifth short-handed goal of the season. Oshie tipped in a shot from Jay Bouwmeester at 7:18 of the third period to complete the hat trick. "This has been an exciting couple of months for me," said Oshie, who played for the United States in the Olympics, "but she trumps everything for me." The modest Oshie refused to take credit for his big night. "The pucks just happened to go off my stick," he said. But linemates David Backes and Alexander Steen were happy to heap praise on Oshie. "Hes been a horse for us all year," Backes said. "He strung a couple of great shots together and a tip on the last one. "I couldnt be happier for him." The Blues posted a hat trick for the second straight game as Backes scored three times in a 5-3 win at Toronto on Tuesday. That was the first time St. Louis recorded back-to-back three-goal games since Dec. 20-23, 2000, when Pavol Demitra and Michal Handzus accomplished the feat. The Blues lead the Western Conference and are battling Boston for the Presidents Trophy for the top mark in the NHL. They are one point ahead of the Bruins with nine games remaining for both teams. "We wanted to make a statement to the league that we deserve to be where were at," Oshie said. "We want that target on our backs." St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock believes his club is peaking at the right time. "Were not going to be overwhelmed because were the favourites in a playoff series," he said. "Were going to embrace it." Even Minnesota coach Mike Yeo was impressed with the Blues. "Theyve got a great team" he said. "They smelled blood and they went after it. "This was a team loss." Miller made nine saves in the first 6:07 before coasting to the win. "We got settled into our 5-on-5 game and really limited the puck possession by the other team," he said. "This was a big step forward." Schwartz netted his 23rd goal of the season on a power play midway through the second period to make it 3-0. The Wild lost for the second time in two nights after dropping a 5-3 decision to Vancouver on Wednesday. "I dont think anyone can really be happy," Kuemper said. "Weve got to turn this thing around." St. Louis has killed 23 straight power plays against Minnesota over six games. NOTES: Steve Cash and Josh Pauls, members of the USAs gold-medal winning Paralympic hockey team, were honoured before the game. ... Minnesota began a four-game trip that also has stops at Phoenix, Los Angeles and Chicago. ... The Blues are shooting for their first Presidents Trophy since the 1999-2000 season. ... Minnesota LW Dany Heatley has gone a season-high 13 games without a goal. ... Wild RW Jason Pominville led all players with seven shots on goal. 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But Arians said theres a good chance neither one of them will play.The damaged nerve in Palmers throwing shoulder responded to treatment he received from a specialist in Denver. The quarterback, injured in Arizonas season-opening win over San Diego, threw 20 passes from a distance of 10 yards on Sunday and will throw more on Tuesday, Arians said.Carson is feeling much better today, Arians said at his Monday news conference. No residual effects from throwing, so hes continued on his treatment and is on the way back. So he and Drew are possible for this ball game.Stanton is going through the NFL-mandated concussion protocol.In order for Palmer to play against the Redskins, he would have to go through a full practice and be able to make all his normal throws, Arians said.With rookie Logan Thomas the teams only healthy quarterback, the Cardinals could be looking to sign someone. Anyone the team signs, Arians said, hopefully would be familiar with the teams offensive system. Any new signee would be a backup to Thomas, Arians said.Second-year pro Alex Okafor will start in place of Shaughnessy, the coach said. A combination of players, including rookie Karim Martin, will fill in for Campbell.Asked how Martin played on Sunday, the coach said, Not so good.ddddddddddddhe NFL issued a statement on Monday verifying that Campbell was injured by a chop block by Broncos tight end Julius Thomas in violation of a league rule. Thomas blocked Campbell in the area of the thigh or lower while Ryan Clady engaged the big Arizona defensive lineman simultaneously with a high block, the statement said. The play drew a 15-yard penalty.NFL spokesman Michael Signora said a decision on a possible fine will be made later this week.Youll never convince me it wasnt premeditated, Arians said.Arians said the proper punishment would be to suspend the culprit as long as Campbell is out but thats not the way it is.To set somebody up there and another guy chops you, I havent seen that one ever, he said.Arians said he brought up the play in his brief postgame conversation with Broncos coach John Fox.He had no clue, that the play had occurred, other than it drew a penalty, Arians said. I respect John.Inside linebacker Larry Foote said current players, ex-players, they should be disgusted with that play.Im waiting to see what the league does, Foote said. That looked like Karate Kid, Sweep the legs, Johnny. It was ugly. Thats a black eye to football a€” period. Even their own players knew it. Yeah, they said something, even the linemen. Hopefully it isnt coming from the sidelines. 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