In Detroit, the St Louis Blues picked up an overtime win over the Red Wings when David Perron scored at 1:28 of the extra session for a 5-4 decision.
“We got a good change so we were out there with some tired guys,” Perron said. “I saw someone in front of the net, so I tried to go high blocker side.
“I’ve played against Jonathan since juniors and I had never scored on him, so that made it even better.”
The Blues needed a late tally, his second of the game, from Ryan O’Reilly to get to overtime after the Red Wings reeled off three straight goals to take a 4-3 lead in the third period.
“We were focused on getting off to a good start, but we really didn’t handle their adjustments,” O’Reilly said. “No team is ever going to take us lightly because of what we just did (winning the Stanley Cup), so we can’t take our foot off the gas at all.”
Jordan Binnington made 29 saves to get the win.
Tyler Bertuzzi. Dylan Larkin, Filip Hronek. and Valtteri Filppula scored for the Wings.
“I thought that stretch of the third period was the best we’ve played all year,” Bertuzzi said. “Everyone was playing with so much emotion and it was finally showing up on the score sheet.”
Brayden Schenn and Zach Sanford also scored for the Blues.
The game-tying goal from O’Reilly came on a Detroit penalty for too many mne.
“That’s a joke,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “There’s no possible way we can let that happen in that situation. It’s my bench, so it is my responsibility. We can’t end up with two players not knowing who is supposed to be on the ice after a change.
“We had a bad change and we never recovered from it. It was just chaos to the point that we ran into our own goalie.”
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Jonathan Bernier made 15 saves in the loss; the Red Wings are 0-7-1 in their last eight.
“That’s the best we’ve played in a while. We don’t like the too many men penalty, but that’s a mental error in an emotional game. They are the Stanley Cup champions and they got a quick one, but that is a period we can build from going forward,” Dylan Larkin said after the game.
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