In St Louis, Jordan Binnington made 32 saves, and the Blues downed the Ottawa Senators, 2-1, on Monday.
“Every game’s kind of different,” Binnington said. “Tonight it felt like we got that two-goal lead, I think we would’ve liked to press a little harder, keep the foot on the gas. Going into the third period, 2-1 hockey game, they don’t score another one and we win the game. That’s kind of the mindset, and it worked out.”
The Blues improved to 22-20-3.
“Yeah, they work,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube said of the Senators. “They play hard, they’ve got some good skill, some high-end players that are still young. They’ve got a lot of good players and they’re a hard-working team.
“I think we did a good job. There were some shots in the third period that we gave up that we should have had covered, and we didn’t. That’s one area that’s got to be better. Overall, I think we did a pretty good job.”
Jake Neighbours and Noel Acciari scored for the Blues in the first period to stake them to a 2-0 lead.
“It’s kind of cliche just go to the net with your stick on the ice and hope somebody finds you,” Neighbours said. “[Josh Leivo] had a good quick-up I think to ‘Rosy’ there, and Rosy made an unreal pass. I was just leaning on that stick and hoping it would just bounce off it.”
Acciari’s marker gave the Blues a 2-0 advantage.
“I was excited,” Acciari said. “Good play in the [defensive] zone by Leivo, getting a good chip out and making it a 50/50 puck. I was able to get a stick on it, [Talbot] fumbled it, and I cashed in. Very fortunate there.”
Ottawa dropped to 19-54-3.
“The effort was there,” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. “Right now, the puck isn’t going in for us. Going forward, we’re going to have to score some goals.”
The Senators scored in the middle frame off a strike from Tim Stutzle.
“I think we played pretty well,” Stutzle said. “I think we could have deserved to win tonight, but in the end, that’s how it goes sometimes. I felt like we stuck with it. We played really good in the third as well, had so many opportunities to score. But in the end, if we keep playing the right way, I think there will be a lot of wins.”
Cam Talbot made 18 saves in the Senators loss.
“Hardworking,” said Tkachuk, the Ottawa captain. “Didn’t get the result we wanted, but everyone left it out there tonight.”
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