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Blues down Blackhawks , lock up No. 4 seed

Jaden Schwartz scored twice and the St. Louis Blues locked up the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.St. Louis (29-17-2) won its last three games of the season to guarantee home ice in the first round and the team will play Los Angeles when the playoffs start.Chicago (36-7-5) had already wrapped up the Presidents' Trophy and rested many of its top players in this game. The Blackhawks will begin their quest for the Stanley Cup against the Minnesota Wild.Patrik Berglund scored the other goal while Brian Elliott stopped 22 shots for the Blues, who won their final three games of the season."Playing in front of our home crowd is always important," said Elliott. "The support and the way everything has grown here has been tremendous."Ben Smith scored the only goal and Carter Hutton, making his NHL debut, turned away 25-of-28 shots for the Blackhawks, who lost three of their last five games."I thought I settled down and made some big saves...

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