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(SportsNetwork.com) - The St. Louis Blues will see what kind of encore Vladimir Tarasenko has in store on Thursday night when they go for a sweep of a home-and-home series with the Los Angeles Kings. Tarasenko netted his second career hat trick in Tuesdays 5-2 victory over the Kings in St. Louis. He added an assist to give him six goals and four assists over a six-game point streak while extending St. Louis winning streak to five straight games. The 23-year-olds first hat trick came at Dallas on Oct. 28 of this season and Tarasenko is now tied for second in the NHL with 20 goals and tied for fourth with 36 points. The fans were unbelievable, said Tarasenko. It was really nice to get my first hat trick here at Scottrade. Alexander Steen added a goal on six shots and Jaden Schwartz finished with a goal and an assist, but was lost to a bruised right foot that landed him on injured reserve Wednesday. Schwartz is considered week-to-week with the ailment and the Blues recalled forward Dmitrij Jaskin from the minors to replace him on the roster. St. Louis also was without forward T.J. Oshie on Tuesday as he missed the game due to family reasons, but he was expected to travel to Los Angeles. The Blues are on their second-longest winning streak of the season, behind only a seven-game run from Oct. 25-Nov. 6, and beat the Kings for only the third time in the last 12 regular-season meetings (3-7-2). They are 0-3-2 in their past five trips to L.A. Jake Allen made 21 saves in Tuesdays win and Martin Brodeur is expected to get the start in net tonight for the Blues. It will be his third start of the season and Brodeur is 8-6-1 lifetime versus the Kings with a 2.13 goals against average and .918 save percentage. For the Kings, they went 1-3-1 on a five-game road trip despite two goals from Marian Gaborik that gave his club an early 2-0 lead. But Jonathan Quick gave up four goals on 22 shots faced as Los Angeles fell to 12-1-1 when leading after two periods. We have to be better in the third period, Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin said of the Blues four-goal frame. Production from Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar would help. Carter has not scored a goal in 13 straight games, while Kopitar has just one in his last 14 contests. Quick, meanwhile, fell to 7-9-1 in his career versus the Blues with a 2.23 GAA and .920 save percentage. He has shut them out three times in the 17 meetings, with 16 starts. The good news for the Kings is they will play four straight and 11 of their next 14 at home, where they are 11-4-1 this season compared to 4-7-5 on the road. Dragan Bender Suns Jersey . The alley-oop looked easy -- just like everything else after halftime for the Miami Heat. 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Steve Nash Jersey .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final.Max Verstappen admitted he surprised himself with his stirring qualifying debut for Red Bull in Spain - suggesting he hasnt even yet found the limit of his new car. Verstappens early steps in F1 since the beginning of 2015 have been surrounded by plenty of fanfare and the 18-year-old threatened to top all that had gone before as he led new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo until the final part of qualifying, with Red Bull unexpectedly proving Mercedes closest challengers at Barcelona.Although three-time race winner Ricciardo won the battle for third in Q3 with a stunning late lap of his own, Verstappen still stayed ahead of the Ferraris for a career-best fourth on the grid. Having never driven the RB12 before Friday practice following his sudden promotion from Toro Rosso last week, the Dutchman said: To be honest, I didnt know what to expect. But it was very positive - thats for sure.I never thought about that because for me qualifying was just about enjoying it and getting the feeling with the car. It worked fine. Max Verstappen enjoyed his first qualifying in a Red Bull car, but was not getting carried away after securing a fourth place at Barcelona Asked what he had expected, Verstappen replied: I expected completely nothing. I was just thinking about myself jumping in the car and from there onwards see what happens.Ricciardo eventually out-qualified him by 0.4 seconds, but Verstappen says his pace so far in the car is clearly not the limit as I still dont know where the limit is.Qualy report: Lewis on pole, as Bulls stun FerrariYou should see it as the first winter test day because its a completely different car, he added. You always make a lot of progress [from there].Asked if his team-mates late surge to third had left him even slightly frustrated, Verstappen replied: Absolutely not, I was very pleased with my first qualifying.dddddddddddd I was enjoying it a lot and I think we both pushed each other, which is very good for the team.With Red Bulls 2016 renaissance kicking up a gear on Saturday, the teams second-row lockout makes them favourites to at least claim the final podium finish behind Mercedes in Sundays race. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was amazed to have both drivers finish ahead of Ferrari in Spanish qualifying At 18 years old, Verstappen - whose best F1 result is fourth place so far - would replace Red Bull predecessor Sebastian Vettel as the sports youngest-ever podium finisher were he to end up in the top three on Sunday. The German was 21 when he set the record in 2008.However, despite potentially being on the brink of history, Verstappen is keeping his feet on the ground.I never start dreaming, he said. I just focus. [The race] is all about a clean start, a clean first lap and from there hopefully we have a good pace.Watch the Spanish GP live on Sky Sports F1. The race starts at 1pm on Sunday, with build-up underway at 11.30am. Or watch the race without a contract for £6.99 on NOW TV. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. Also See: Spanish Qualy: Lewis back on pole VOTE: Which driver line-up is best? ' ' '