In Vancouver, the visiting St Louis Blues fought off a rally by the Canucks in the third period ended with a 3-3 tie in regulation to win on Wednesday night, 4-3, on Brayden Schenn‘s marker at 1:54 of extra time.
“Disappointing we weren’t able to get out with a regulation win, but I thought the overtime, it was good to see Schenn get another goal,” St. Louis coach Drew Bannister said. “He’s been playing really well for us of late.”
Joel Hofer made 29 saves in the win.
The Blues improved to 24-20-2.
The Blues took a 2-0 lead in the opening stanza.
Jake Neighbours staked them to a 1-0 lead at 13:14.
“That’s a team-first change, changing in the [offensive] zone and setting up the guys behind, so clutch, and I kind of just popped into the slot and ‘Tommer’ found me, so all I had to do was get her on net,” Neighbours said.
Pavel Buchnevich pushed the advantage to 2-0 at 14:57 early in a power play.play.
“It was kind of a set play,” Neighbours said. “I knew the puck was coming to me and then it’s just my job to try and find an option, and I was going to take it to the net, but he was wide open back door, so just had to put it on his tape.”
The Canucks dropped to 32-11-5.
Pius Suter hit for all three Vancouver goals in regulation for a hat trick.All three strikes came in the third period.
His first came with 60 seconds gone in the third period to trim the deficit to 2-1.
“It’s a heck of a win from our guys,” Bannister said. “We showed a lot of character.”
Suter then scored twice to get the Canucks even, and force the extra session.
His double came at 5:42 cut the deficit to 3-2.
He collected his hats at 19:08 with the Canucks skating with an empty net.to make it 3-3..
“You’re on a line that supposed to score,” Suter said. “At the end, you’re just trying to play your game, win those 50/50 battles, be at the net and sometimes, they go in like today and then other times, you hit the post or something.”
Casey DeSmith made 14 saves in the loss.
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