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ST. LOUIS -- Nail Yakupov and Magnus Paajarvi are reunited and it feels so good.Yakupov had a goal and an assist and Jake Allen made several big saves as the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Thursday night.Alexander Steen and Paajarvi also scored for St. Louis. Patrik Berglund had two assists and Allen made 18 saves for the Blues, who have won four of their past five home openers.Ryan Suter and Charlie Coyle scored for the Wild, who were 4-0-1 in their previous five season openers.St. Louis acquired Yakupov, a former first overall draft pick by Edmonton in 2012, from the Oilers in a trade on Oct. 7. Placed on a line with Paajarvi, whom he played with in Edmonton, and Berglund, they totaled five points against the Wild.I was nervous a little bit, the first time to play in this building with a new team, it does add a little pressure, Yakupov said. But I think we did pretty good as a line, had a good couple of shifts and got our legs going.Yakupov put the Blues ahead 2-1 on his first career slap shot goal at 12:36 of the second. The shot went off Devan Dubnyks glove and floated over his shoulder into the net.Hes got a great wrister, but obviously the slapper was a good one today, Paajarvi said. Hes quick and his shot is quick.Dubnyk didnt see the shot off the blade.It was right at my ear so I caught a pretty good piece of it and anytime you get a piece of something you would like to have a little bit more of it, Dubnyk said. I was happy with where I was on the play and next time Ill catch it.Yakupov found Paajarvi as the last man on a 3-on-2 rush to give the Blues a 3-1 lead early in the third.I had a decision where Im going to shoot or I have to find a seam, Yakupov said. I think I made a really good decision to pass to Maggy. Sometimes you have to take risks to make a new step.Steens goal came off an unintended assist by Robby Fabbri, who had lost control of the puck while making a move to the net. Steen snapped the loose puck past Dubnyk to give the Blues a 1-0 lead.The Blues outshot the Wild 14-2 in the first period, but Allen came up big on the Wilds first shot of the game making a pad save on a short-handed partial break by Jason Zucker just over eight minutes into the game.Some moments where I didnt have shots for 10 minutes and then I get a break away, but thats my job to be ready when they come after me, said Allen, who was playing in his first home opener.Suter drew the Wild even three minutes into the second period. A turnover by Kevin Shattenkirk allowed Suter to break in and after Allen made the initial save he was able to bury the rebound.Allen kept the game even robbing Eric Staal on a breakaway seven minutes into the second period. Allen came up big five minutes later when Staal found Zach Parise alone in the slot on a 2-on-1.Dubnyk had 28 saves.Game notesBlues F Jaden Schwartz (elbow) missed his second game. ... Blues associate coach Mike Yeo went 173-132-44 as the Wilds head coach from 2011 until last February. ... Blues assistant coach Rick Wilson was an assistant with Minnesota from 2010 through the end of last season. ... Wild assistant coach Scott Stevens played for the Blues in the 1990-91 season. ... The Blues are celebrating their 50th season and five members of their inaugural team -- Fred Hucul, Bill McCreary, Norm Beaudin, Larry Keenan and Bob Plager -- took part in the pregame ceremony.UP NEXT:Wild: Have their home opener against Winnipeg on Saturday at 6 p.m.Blues: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday at 7 p.m.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lakers Jersey . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. 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"It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont.One-time Epsom Handicap prospect Marenostro will use his home track at Rosehill as the setting to kick off a campaign aimed at the Group Two Villiers Stakes.Trainer Chris Waller decided to lower his sights to the summer feature after Marenostro performed admirably but failed to make his case to be a Group One horse.The gelding resumes in the November Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday and is likely to go to the Listed Festival Stakes at Rosehill (1500m) on December 3 before tackling the Villiers (1600m) at Randwick on December 17.He did a good job last prep but we identified that hes not really an Epsom type of horse so we put him away and had a look at the Villiers, Waller said.Marenostro finished second behind stablemate McCreery in the Listed Rowley Mile in August before being sent for a short spell.He runs well fresh, Waller said.Admittedly theyve been in lesser grade races. Hes up at a higher grade now carrying more weight which makes it a bit harder to win first-up.Waller said Marenostros winning strike rate of more than 30 per cent from 32 starts gave him a good chance on Saturday with stablemate Religify also set to go around in the race.Religify hhas been a beaten favourite at his last two starts but has only missed the placings in one-third of his 21 races.ddddddddddddes going well but the handicapper has got hold of him through his consistency, Waller said.Religify returns to 1400m after being tried over 1550m at Canterbury where Red Excitement, who he meets again on Saturday, had his measure.Hes going back in distance and hes drawn 14 so thats a bit of a negative, Waller said.Hell roll across, see how he ends up. He just needs a bit of luck.American import Closing Bell headlines the stables five runners in the November Topaz (1900m).The Group One-placed entire was bought by Newgate Farm and will have his second run for Waller after finishing sixth in a Listed race at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day over 1800m.We would like to prepare him for a serious attempt at a Group One race at some stage, hopefully in Sydney if not in Queensland over 2000 metres, Waller said.Index Linked, Magicool, Beyond Thankful and Dance Of Heroes give Waller five hopes in the 12-horse Topaz field. ' ' '