ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Keith Tkachuk broke a tie late in the second period and extended his goal-scoring streak to five games Saturday night as the St. Louis Blues skated to a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks, stretching their unbeaten run to five contests.
With six tallies in his previous four games, Tkachuk deflected defenseman Al MacInnis' slap shot from just above the right faceoff circle past goaltender Evgeni Nabokov to give the Blues a 2-1 lead.
Pavol Demitra netted his fourth goal in six games late in the third period and Doug Weight returned from a two-game absence and ended a 28-game goalless drought with an empty-net tally.
Rookie Jonathan Cheechoo scored the lone goal for the Sharks, who have lost three of their last four games and fell to 3-8-0 in their last 11 against St. Louis.
