In St Louis, the Blues defeated the visiting Colorado Avalanche, 3-2, after the skills competition on Monday.
The win pushed the Blues into second place in the Central Division.
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal for the Blues – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
All this from a team that was languishing at the bottom of the Western Conference in January.
“Obviously, it’s been a great run with all the stuff we have (went through) during this year,” Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko said. “It’s really good and I’m really proud of everyone on this team, how we went from last place in the League. There’s still a lot of stuff to play for. There’s no time to rest and hang on to this success. We need to improve this and keep going.”
Jordan Binnington made 24 saves fo pick up the win.
The Avs picked up the loser;s point and are two points clear for therace for the second wild card.
“I’m happy to get a point,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “I wish we had two, but pretty happy to come into a really tough building against a real good team and get a point here tonight. It’ll be a big point.”
The Blues held a 2-0 lead before the Avs rallied in the third on a goal from Gabriel Landeskog and Alexander Kerfoot;s tying goal with 47 seconds left in the third period.
“It was just kind of a desperation play, but I know obviously the puck went out of the zone and guys did a good job regrouping quickly,” Kerfoot said. “I think it was kind of a blown coverage by them a little bit and [Landeskog] did a good job getting it to the net, and I just got a stick on it.”
Jaden Schwartz and Tarsenko scored for the Blues.
“Yeah, it’s a good win,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “Had a good first period, second period not so good, just unforced errors, and then the third period was pretty good. Unfortunately, let them tie it up, but we’re in a good spot.”
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Philipp Grubauer made 25 saves in the loss.
“Obviously, a huge, huge point for us, but we needed two,” Grubauer said. “A little inconsistency today. The first period wasn’t really great and then the second period and the last period, we played unbelievable. So it was good.”
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