Blues get on the board with Game 3 win

In Edmonton, the St Louis Blues were staring down the potential of an 0-3 hole in their opening round series with the Vancouver Canucks.

The Blues played a solid enough game to avoid the precipice and benefited from Brayden Schenn‘s goal at 15:06 of extra time for a 3-2 win.

“I jumped on, kind of on the backcheck,” Schenn said. “The puck squeaked out to me. Lucky bounce, kind of popped right in the middle there and [Canucks goalie Jacob] Markstrom was playing well, just trying to beat him with a quick shot.”

Jake Allen made 39 saves to get the win.

“[Allen] was excellent,” Blues head coach Craig Berube said. “We hadn’t got a win yet so changed it up, and Jake’s been a real good goalie for us all year and again he was tonight. He’s extremely prepared, works extremely hard. He doesn’t take much time off. He’s always out there practicing, whether it’s on the ice or video. Just staying prepared. He’s a real good pro.”

Justin Faulk and David Perron scored for the Blues in regulation.

“It’s always nice to put a couple in the net every now and then,” Faulk said. “It was a timely goal, I think, just to tie the game there, and hopefully some more come. More pleased with the outcome tonight than anything.”

Perron’s goal gave the Blues a 2-1 lead, their first scoreboard advantage in the series.

“We know a seven-game series is long and it’s not over after two games,” the Blues’ Tyler Bozak said. “We needed that one, and they’re a great team. They’re going to come again hard tomorrow and we’ve got to be ready for that and we have our best, and we expect a really tough, tough game tomorrow, so we’ve got to be ready.”

J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson were the Canucks’ strikers.

“I mean, we knew they were going to push again today and anything can happen in overtime,” the Canucks’ Bo Horvat said. “We had our looks, they had theirs, and it was just a fortunate play for them. They just kind of slung it and he ended up on a breakaway.”

Game 4 is set for Monday.

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Jacob Markstrom made 46 save in the loss.

“I thought they were better tonight,” Horvat said. “We knew they were going to come. They’re the defending Cup champs for a reason. They know what it takes to win and they definitely weren’t going to shy away from a fight.”