In St Louis, the Dallas Stars’ Evgenii Dadonov scored at 13:09 of the third period to tie the Blues, 3-3, and force extra time on Saturday. 
St Louis’ Colton Parayko scored 37 seconds in the extra session for a 4-3 win to the Blues.
“I just saw it there,” Parayko said. “He was down, the goalie. Good drive by ‘Rou’ and then just tried to get it over his back because I saw he was still down. I think I tried pulling it in a little bit and then just get it over the pad. Quick play, happened quick, but good win for our group, I think.”
St Louis improved to 15-14-1 off their second straight win with new coach Drew Bannister.
“I thought our pace started to wear them down a little bit, but we were direct,” Bannister said. “I thought we managed the puck well. When we had opportunities to attack, we took those opportunities, but when we were running out of time and space, the guys managed the puck well, they made smart decisions, we were able to get on our retrievals.”
Jordan Binnington made 20 saves in the win..
Dallas took a 2-0 lead in the game before needing to rally on the late third period goal.
Mason Marchment scored at 4:56 of the opening stanza to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.
Ty Dellandrea pushed the lead to 2-0 at 6:47; it was his first goal of the campaign.
“It was nice to get one,” Dellandrea said. “I just want to help the team and contribute to the team. It was nice. The waiting killed it a little bit, but it all worked out in the end.”
Dallas dropped to 17-8-4.
“You’ll take a point on the road any time in a back to back,” Dallas coach Peter DeBoer said. “Disappointed though with how we started the game. You get two and you get greedy in that situation. Bottom line is we didn’t play well enough for long enough. Credit to them, they pushed back hard.”
The Blues rallied back with three straight to take the lead.
There was a Brandon Saad sighting, he scored off the power play at 12:53 to trim the deficit to 2-1 for the Blues.
“The power play, it’s a big goal,” Bannister said. “I know it made it a 2-1 game, but in a broader spectrum, it’s a big goal for that group.”
Jordan Kyrou knotted the game, 2-2, at 1:36 of middle frame off a breakaway marker .
“That’s just a [heck of a] play by [Robert Thomas],” Kyrou said. “He made that whole play happen, he backchecked, stripped the puck and gave it to ‘Kruger,’ and ‘Kruger’ gave a nice pass to me. Just kind of instinct shot. I was just doing an instinct shot. It worked.”
Kevin Hayes then hit for the 3-2 lead at 16:46.
Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves in the loss.
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