In St Louis, Martin Jones made 22 saves and the San Jose Sharks stole a 2-1 win over the Blues after penalties.
“I think after last game, both teams wanted to tighten up defensively,” the Sharks’ Logan Couture said. “You go back two games ago, they gave up eight, we gave up five in Arizona. We wanted to tighten up, they wanted to tighten up defensively. We still had a few breakdowns, they still had a few breakdowns. It’s early in the season; that’s going to happen, but I think in the third period, we played the style of hockey that we wanted to play. … I liked our third period for sure.”
Brayden Schenn scored the Blues only goal of the game in the middle frame.
“We’ve got a lot of guys that aren’t skating and not competing hard enough,” St. Louis head coach Craig Berube said.
Marcus Sorensen the Sharks’ regulation goal.
San Jose was scoreless in seven power plays.
“PK killed off seven penalties. I mean two, 5-on-3’s,” Berube said. “It’s ridiculous, the penalties. We can’t go to the box that much. It’s really hard on people, it’s hard on our team. [We] can’t get to our game because of it. I don’t know where we’re at in the League penalty-wise, but [we] might be leading the League.”
Tomas Hertl was credited with the deciding goal when he scored in the skills competition. 
Jordan Binnington, who made 37 saves in the loss.
“It’s a 1-1 game and just compete,” Binnington said. “Our kill hasn’t been doing so well coming into this game, so we know we wanted to have a good penalty kill, special teams. I think we had a good night in that department. But, you know, not the outcome we wanted.”
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