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The Blues' Paul Kariya celebrates after he scores his 400th career goal against Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist on Thursday. St. Louis went on to win 4-3.

“It really didn’t bother me,” Weaver said of his drought. “I pretty much ignored it every single time. It wasn’t a big thing for me. I’m not a goal scorer so I don’t really focus on that.”

Lundqvist’s rough game got worse 3:24 later when Johnson sent a seemingly tame shot from the right wing boards that sneaked in between his pads during a power play. Lundqvist fought the puck all night. Despite putting only 10 pucks on net, St, Louis carried a 3-2 lead into the third.

“The third goal is a bad goal, but the rest of the goals were pretty tough plays,” Lundqvist said. “I still feel like I could have played better.

“It is very disappointing to be in this position, but we have to stay positive and try to turn this thing around.”

New York held the Blues to six shots in the first period and took a 2-1 edge.

St. Louis got the jump for the second straight game. It wasn’t as quick as Alex Steen’s team record-tying goal 8 seconds into Tuesday’s home loss to Colorado, but still fast.

Boyes staked the Blues to a 1-0 lead 1:10 in. St. Louis won a faceoff in the Rangers end and dug out the puck in the corner. It came to Boyes in the left circle and he zipped a shot over Lundqvist’s glove for his 13th goal.

Olli Jokinen fired a shot from the center blue line that hit Callahan in front and caromed in to make it 1-1 at 5:52 of the first. Gaborik pushed the Rangers ahead with 2:52 left in the period when his shot hit the stick of defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo and fluttered past Conklin’s glove for his 37th goal.

NOTES: The Rangers had a 5-on-3 power play for 1:17 of the third after consecutive delay-of-game penalties. ... St. Louis has earned 1,400 points on the road. ... St. Louis is 5-4-2 in its last 11 visits to New York. ... The Blues, 21-11-4 on the road, have won seven of their last 10 away games.

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