ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak is healthy once again. The Phoenix Coyotes found that out the hard way Tuesday night. Halak made 20 saves and T.J. Oshie scored twice as the Blues rode their hot goalie to a 2-1 win. The Blues have won eight of nine and improved to 7-1-1 against the Coyotes since the start of the 2011-2012 season. Phoenix lost its season-high fourth consecutive game. Halak improved to 19-6-3 with his second successive win since missing five games due to an illness. The mysterious ailment, diagnosed as a severe flu, sapped his strength and forced him to the sidelines from Dec. 29 to Jan. 7. "I had a fever that wouldnt go away and I kept getting tired real fast," Halak said. "Now that the virus is gone, Im feeling pretty good." Halak made several impressive stops in the third period to protect a 2-1 lead. He robbed David Moss from close range with a stick save two minutes into the period. He also thwarted Antoine Vermette and Tim Kennedy down the stretch. "This is a game where the goalie saved us," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. "He was terrific from start to finish." Phoenix outshot St. Louis 8-2 in the third period and dominated play. "I thought we pushed hard," Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. "We gave ourselves a chance to get some points." But Halak would not budge. "Youve got to give them credit, they came out really hard in the third," Halak said. "Im glad we got the two points, but we all know we can play better." Halak made 33 saves in a 5-0 shutout in Calgary on Thursday. He says he was not 100 per cent in that game, but believes he is very close to returning to top form. He felt Tuesdays performance was one of his best this season. His teammates agreed. "He made some huge saves," Oshie said. "This game could have gone the other way, a 5-2 victory (for Phoenix). He came up big and. thats what we expect from him every night." "Hes a huge reason we won," captain David Backes added. "He got us the two points. We need to play better in front of him. Hopefully, the other 19 of us learned a lesson." Oshie recorded his second two-goal game in the last six contests since he was named to the U.S. Olympic team. Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored for Phoenix, which has been outscored 16-6 during the four-game skid. Oshie, who has 10 goals, ripped a shot behind Mike Smith midway through the first period off a back pass from Alex Pietrangelo. Oshie scored on the power play in the second period. Jaden Schwartz provided a screen on Oshies shot from just inside the blue line. Ekman-Larsson scored a power play goal on a high wrist shot with 48 seconds left in the second period. The Blues had killed their previous 21 penalties. Phoenix RW Radim Vrbata hit the crossbar with 4:16 remaining the game. The Coyotes fell to 3-8-4 in their last 15 games. Ekman-Larsson said his team should be able to gain some momentum from a strong third-period effort that simply fell short against a hot goalie. "I think this is a step in the right direction," he said. "This was our best period in a long time." Smith fell to 15-13-8. He has not won since Dec. 21 covering nine appearances. St. Louis, which has won its last five home games, has a plus-61 goal differential, the best in the NHL. Notes: St. Louis D Roman Polak returned after missing 10 games with a fractured ankle. ... Phoenix C Mike Ribeiro left Mondays contest against Winnipeg with a lower body injury but returned on Tuesday. ...The Coyotes remain the only team in the NHL without a short-handed goal this season. ... St. Louis public address announcer Tom Calhoun worked his 1,200 consecutive home game. ... Blues LW Vladimir Sobotka, who has seven goals and 24 points, missed the game with a fever. ...St. Louis C Patrik Berglund played in his 400th NHL game. ....Phoenix RW Shane Doan is two assists shy of 500. Nmds Norge . 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A 70-53 victory at home over Georgetown got things started in a positive manner for the Musketeers, but that was followed by a 71-68 loss at DePaul. A 69-58 triumph over a ranked Seton Hall squad got the team feeling pretty good about itself once again, but the euphoria was short-lived as it suffered an 88-76 setback at Butler last Saturday. Xavier is 9-0 at home this season, but just 1-3 in true road games. Save for a 66-61 overtime loss at Seton Hall on Jan. 3, Villanova has been perfect this season. Coach Jay Wrights club is 15-1, and owns a 3-1 league ledger. Since the loss to the Pirates, the Wildcats have posted double-digit wins over St. Johns (90-72) and DePaul (81-64), with the decision against the Blue Demons running their record at home this season to 10-0. Villanova owns a commanding 18-4 lead in the all-time series with Xavier, which includes victories in both meetings a season ago. The Wildcats are the only team the Musketeers, now in their second run through the Big East, have not beaten at least once in conference play. Butler used an eye-popping 32-of-45 performance at the free-throw line to upend visiting Xavier over the weekend. A sizable 37-26 rebounding advantage also helped the Bulldogs, who allowed the Musketeers to shoot 46.4 percent from the field, but only 27.8 percent from 3-point range. Matt Stainbrook scored a game-high 21 points to pace Xavier, which also got double-digit scoring efforts from Remy Abell (15), Dee Davis (11) and Jalen Reynolds (11). Davis also helped his teammates stay involved by handing out seven assists, while four guys were crediited with five rebounds.dddddddddddd Xavier is scoring a healthy 79 ppg, thanks to its near 50 percent shooting effort and 74.6 percent performance at the charity stripe. Trevon Bluiett leads the team with 12.8 ppg, and he grabs 5.1 rpg, while Stainbrook has a line consisting of 12.4 points and 7.3 caroms per contest. Abell (10.1 ppg) rounds out the units double-digit scorers, although Dee Davis (9.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg), Myles Davis (9.2 ppg) and Reynolds (8.9 ppg) are close to joining the ranks. XUs defensive effort allows the opposition to generate 67.6 ppg, and the Musketeers are on the plus side of things with regard to both rebounding (+4.8) and turnover (+2.2) margin. Villanova got off to a fast start in its recent tilt against DePaul, knocking down 62.1 percent of its field goal attempts in taking a 45-24 lead at intermission. From there, the Wildcats cruised as Darrun Hilliard scored 21 points, Ryan Arcidiacono had 14 and Kris Jenkins 10 in the winning effort. Both Hilliard and Arcidiacono hit four 3-pointers apiece, helping VU go 13- of-29 from distance. Conversely, the Blue Demons shot just 39.2 percent from the floor, and lost rather convincingly despite claiming an 18-8 edge in points from the foul line. The Cats controlled the paint, outscoring DePaul there 30-10, and they also outpointed the visitors off turnovers (17-10) as well as out on the break (14-2). Its becoming a broken record, but Villanova possesses one of the more balanced attacks in the country, as five players are averaging double figures in scoring, with the highest (Hilliard, 13.5 ppg) and lowest (Daniel Ochefu and Josh Hart, 10.1 ppg) separated by only a few points. The Wildcats pride themselves on playing solid defense as well, with foes netting a mere 60.5 ppg behind typical shooting outputs of .403 overall and .296 from 3-point range. They goad the opposition into just under 16 turnovers per outing, while logging a +3.9 rebounding differential. ' ' '