In Dallas, Jake Allen made 31 saves for the St Louis Blues as they handed the Stars their second straight loss, 3-1, on Friday.
“It was really good for a lot of the game, for sure,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “We gave up some chances and Jake was excellent. It’s a good team over there. They’re one of the better teams in the League. They’re a deep, veteran team.”
With the game tied 1-1, Ryan O’Reilly scored with under three minutes left in the game to give the Blues a 2-1 lead.
“It’s been very frustrating not contributing offensively like I need to,” O’Reilly said. “But we’re finding ways to win hockey games. It’s nice to contribute tonight like that. It was a great play by all of the guys on the ice to score a goal like that.”
Colton Parayko gave the Blues a 1-0 lead before Roope Hintz scored the Stars only goal.
“I didn’t think we skated as well as we’ve been skating,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “I thought the Blues won the majority of one-on-one battles, and I thought their puck support was quicker than ours, offensively and defensively, which led to them having a lot of possession time more than we would like.”
Ivan Barbashev potted an empty-net goal to seal it.
“I thought our whole game was pretty sound,” Allen said. “Our forwards were tracking back and changing at the right times. Getting fresh bodies on at the right times was really impressive. I thought in the second period our changes were unbelievable. That makes a difference. It’s little things like that that not a lot of people notice but go a long way to win games.”
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Ben Bishop made 37 saves in the loss.
“I didn’t think we did enough to draw penalties,” Montgomery said. “Without the puck very much you’re going to be chasing the game, so it doesn’t lead to a lot of opportunities to draw penalties.”
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