ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored a power-play goal in overtime and the St. Louis Blues tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive win, 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.
Jake Neighbours scored twice and Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues. Joel Hofer made 24 saves as St. Louis set a franchise record with its 10th straight home win.
Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell and Rutger McGroarty each had a goal and an assist and Connor Dewar also scored for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry made 14 saves as Pittsburgh lost its fourth straight road contest.
Neighbours’ second goal was set up by Jimmy Snuggerud, who earned his first career point in just his second NHL game. Snuggerud, a first round pick by the Blues in the 2022 draft, was signed to an entry-level contract on Friday.
McGroarty tied the game for the Penguins with 23.8 seconds left with his first NHL goal.
Rust has five goals in his last seven games.
Penguins: Rust is one goal away from his career high for a season (28) set last season and he is one point shy of matching his career high for points in a season (58) set in 2021-22.
Blues: Forward Dylan Holloway left the game with a lower-body injury did not return. Holloway has 26 goals and 37 assists in 77 games this season.
Kyrou drew a slashing penalty on Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang at the 1:28 mark of overtime. Thomas scored 44 seconds later.
Thomas, who assisted on Neighbours’ first goal, has a six-game points streak (three goals, 12 assists) and a five-game assist streak.
Sidney Crosby got his 467th career assist on the road and moved within two of matching Mario Lemieux (469) for 10th in NHL history.
The Penguins travel to Dallas, while the Blues host Colorado on Saturday night.
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St. Louis Blues left wing Pavel Buchnevich is congratulated as he passes the team box after scoring a goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
BANGKOK (AP) — People in Myanmar’s earthquake-stricken areas braced for thunderstorms late Sunday, after heavy rains and winds the previous night disrupted rescue and relief operations and added to the misery of the many who lost their homes in the disaster and were forced to sleep in the open.
Myanmar’s state-run MRTV reported on Sunday evening that scattered showers and thunderstorms possible across the country for the next week.
“The public is advised to be aware of the possibility of untimely rain accompanied by strong winds, lightning, hail, and landslides,” MRTV said. Daytime temperatures are forecast to reach 38 degrees Celsius C (100 degrees Fahrenheit) by mid-week.
The epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude quake on March 28 was near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city. It hit a wide swath of the country, causing significant damage to six regions and states including the capital Naypyitaw.
Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, a spokesperson for the military government, said Sunday in an audio message to journalists that 3,564 people have been confirmed dead so far, with 5,012 others injured and 210 missing.
The quake left many areas without power, telephone or cell connections and damaged roads and bridges, hindering damage assessments.
An official from Myanmar Rescue Federation (Mandalay) told The Associated Press on Sunday that rescuers had to temporarily shut down electrical equipment and machines used in search operations due to the rain on Saturday and Sunday, making work more difficult but not halting it.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was afraid of being arrested by the military for speaking without authorization, said rescuers will continue search operations despite the possibility of more rain.
Another rescuer working in Mandalay, similarly speaking on condition of anonymity, said the rain and strong winds caused some buildings to collapse, causing further hardship for those seeking shelter.
The Irrawaddy, an online Myanmar news site operating in exile, reported that at least 80 dead bodies were found in the wreckage of the Great Wall Hotel in Mandalay after the removal of walls and rubble on Sunday afternoon. Its report could not immediately be confirmed.
Myanmar Fire Services Department said in a statement on Sunday that rescuers recovered five bodies from collapsed buildings in Mandalay.
Myanmar has had a military government since February 2021, when the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. It tolerates no criticism, and is engaged in a civil war against pro-democracy resistance forces and ethnic minority guerrilla armies.
The earthquake left many areas without power, telephone or cell connections and damaged roads and bridges, making the full extent of the devastation hard to assess.
Myanmar’s military government has said 5,223 buildings, 1,824 schools, 2,752 Buddhist monasterial living quarters, 4,817 pagodas and temples, 167 hospitals and clinics, 169 bridges, 198 dams and 184 sections of the country’s main highway were damaged by the earthquake.
Visitors walk near entrance of Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, commonly known as the Me Nu Brick Monastery, in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Innwa, Tada-U township, Mandalay, Myanmar, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo)
