In St Louis, the Blues scored three times in the third period to break open a tight a 3-2 lead and send them to a 6-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Alexey Toropchenko scored a shorthanded marker for St Louis at 2:50 of the third to give the Blues a 4-2 lead.
That was a big goal,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. “Our penalty kill was excellent even though we gave up that one, but I thought it was excellent and that was a huge goal. It was a good play by [Pavel Buchnevich] and ‘Torpo’ finished it off. That was a big goal for sure.”
Joel Hofer made 30 saves in the win.
The Blues improved to 5-4-1.
Jordan Kyrou scored early in the first to give the Blues a 1-0 lead.
“Just feels good as a team,” Kyrou said. “We got back-to-back wins here. Energy’s good right now.”
The Habs’ Juraj Slafkovsky tied the game, 1-1, at 4:01 of the first with a power play marker.
“I had more shots today (four),” Slafkovsky said. “We had a good combination of players. We’re trying to do something. We’ll keep building.”
Robert Thomas put the Blues back in front at 2-1 at 16:37 of the opening frame.
St Louis stretched the lead to 3-1 off a goal from Brandon Saad at 13:03.
Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher scored at 14:48 for a 3-2 count after two periods.
Montreal dropped to 5-4-2.
Brayden Schenn scored at 5:53 for a 5-1 advantage to the Blues in the third.
“It always feels good to get the first one and help produce, right?” Schenn said. “Everyone in the locker room wants to produce and help out, and I felt as a line tonight (with Saad and Kyrou) we were good and as a team we were good.
“The whole weekend, really committed to a different style of hockey, which is getting it out and getting pucks to the goal line and trying to wear teams out. We weren’t scoring, so we had to change something, and it’s just a commitment. It’s a hard game. If you guys want to do it, we score goals.”
St Louis added insurance with an empty-net strike by Kasperi Kapanen at 16:00 for a 6-2 lead.
Montreal’s Nick Suzuki scored with 92 seconds left on the game clock for the 6-3 final.
Sam Montembeault made 29 saves in the loss.
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