ST. LOUIS — Eric Belanger had a goal and an assist, Josh Harding made 33saves and the Minnesota Wild remained the NHL’s only unbeaten team by beatingthe St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Saturday night.

Brent Burns and Pavol Demitra also scored and Pierre-Marc Bouchard had twoassists for the Wild (6-0-1), who have won six of their first seven despite notscoring more than three goals in any game. The only blemish was a shootout lossin Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Steve Wagner scored his first NHL goal for the only tally for St. Louis,which had its four-game winning streak snapped. Martin Rucinsky also had amilestone on that goal, picking up an assist for his 600th career point.

Manny Legace made 31 saves for the Blues.

Minnesota came into the game ranked 29th in the NHL with one goal in 22power-play attempts. But the Wild converted twice with a man advantage and thatwas the difference.

The Wild took advantage of a double minor penalty for high sticking againstthe Blues’ Lee Stempniak to draw first blood midway through the second period.With Stempniak off, Kim Johnsson got the puck off a faceoff in the Blues end andcentered down low to Belanger. He fed a quick pass to Demitra in the slot, andDemitra beat Legace with a snap shot from the right circle with 7:07 remainingin the period.

It appeared that the Blues would take momentum into the second intermissionwhen Wagner led a rush into the Wild zone and surprised Harding with a shot fromthe top of the left circle. Harding, who stopped all 37 shots he faced inshutting out Anaheim on Oct. 14 in his only other game, got a piece of it but ittrickled home to tie the game with 49 seconds to play in the period.

But Belanger gave the Wild their lead back when he converted Bouchard’scentering pass with 11 seconds to go in the second.

Burns gave the Wild some insurance when he scored another power-play goalwith 11:39 remaining.

Notes

Wild coach Jacques Lemaire used four forwards on the power play and itpaid off with two goals. … Paul Kariya had his five game scoring streaksnapped. … The Blues lost at home for the first time this season after twowins. St. Louis has not won its first three at home since 2000-01, when the teamwon its first six.