In Edmonton, the Vancouver Canucks let the St Louis Blues up off the deck. They had them in Game 3 and now instead of being close to moving on on from the first round, they are in a series.
On Monday night, the Blues used two goals from Ryan O’Reilly to help fend off the Canucks for a 3-1 win and an even, 2-2, series.
“Obviously I want to perform at the key times, and it was nice to get on the board tonight,” O’Reilly said. “I haven’t been creating much offensively, so it was nice to put the puck in the back of the net. It’s just one game. I’ve got to be consistent and lead the way in that area.”
Jake Allen made 22 saves in the win.
“This year is a unique situation and I knew I had to be ready,” Allen said. “You don’t have 82 games to prep yourself for the playoffs. It was just working hard, being ready, got a chance and trying to make the most of it. The guys have played really hard the last couple of nights and hats off to them; [they] made my job not overly difficult and it got us right back in the series here.”
J.T. Miller was the lone goal scorer for the Canucks.
“I don’t think anyone thought we were going to come into this series and just, that St. Louis was going to roll over,” Canucks head coach Travis Green said. “[The] Stanley Cup champs are a really good hockey team. Every game’s been a battle, every game’s been close. I expect every game to look a lot like the first four.”
Alex Pietrangelo also scored for the Blues.
“We’ve been making adjustments as we go just based on what they do,” Pietrangelo said. “Last game, they scored the one on the rush, but I thought we did a better job. More of the same. Big thing for us is clearing the puck when we have an opportunity. We were much better with that tonight.”
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Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves in the loss.
“Obviously we’ve taken a lot of penalties early on in the game,” the Canucks’ Christopher Tanev said. “I mean, throughout the series, I think we’ve killed pretty well. They get a shot off the back wall, goes right to O’Reilly — goal — and one 5-on-3 off [Edler’s] stick that goes in our own net.”
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