In San Jose, Marco Scandella‘s second goal of the game with under three minutes left on the clock gave the St Louis Blues a 7-6 win over the Sharks, Yes, 13 goals were scored Saturday night.
“Coming off three losses, to have a game like this, a lot of emotions obviously,” Scandella said. “Guys getting into it, a lot of goals today, it was up and down. I feel like it was the perfect way to get off that losing streak.”
The Blues had lost three straight, and never looked good doing it.
Zach Sanford and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for St Louis.
Jordan Binnington got the start for the Blues and surrendered four goals while making 15 saves. He got the hook and on the way off the ice decided to take a poke or two or three at Sharks players
Timo Meier and Evander Kane scored two goals apiece in the loss 
Ville Husso made 19 saves with two goals given up for the win.
“I thought he did a great job, Ville, coming in like that,” St. Louis head coach Craig Berube said. “It’s unfortunate that right away it was a penalty and he had to make saves on their power play. But he hung in there and did a good job. Overall I thought he played really well.”
Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc added single markers for the Sharks.
“We gave up 13 chances and seven ended up in the back of our net,” San Jose head coach Bob Boughner said. “You’re not going to win a lot of hockey games like that.
“We did a lot of good things with the puck. Without the puck, it’s mental when you get a lead and you lose it four times, and the next shot’s down and it’s in the net. So it’s a tough one. It’s a game that we played well enough to win.”
The Blues held only two leads in the game. Mackenzie MacEachern gave them their first lead at 5-4 in the third period. Leblanc tied it up shortly after.
After the Sharks had taken leads, Sammy Blais and Brayden Schenn tied the game for the Blues at 2-2 and 3-3 respectively. 
Devan Dubnyk made 24 saves in the loss.
“I haven’t been in a game like that in a long, long time, so it was a strange one. Disappointing,” Dubnyk said. “I thought that we played really well as a group, and I just wanted to be able to come up with something there when the guys keep coming back and tie at 5-5, 6-5 and 6-6. You want to be able to knock one down for them, so [it stinks]. Just got to forget about it as best you can and get ready for the next game.”
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