It was his goal that wiped out a Dallas Stars’ comeback to give the Blues a 4-3 overtime win and even this series 1-1. Troy Brouwer took the puck from the corner, spotted Joel Edmundson who just buried it into the roof of the net for a one goal lead at that point.
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While Friday’s Blues performance wasn’t almost as poor as the ones that the Blues delivered in Games 5 and 6 of the first round against the Chicago Blackhawks, they are undoubtedly going to need more offense from guys like Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Tarasenko (three shots each in Game 1) and better defense from top blueliners Jay Bouwmeester and Alex Pietrangelo (minus-2 ratings in Game 1) if they’re going to contend with a top team like Dallas.
Backes scored off a rebound during a power play 10:58 into overtime of Game 2 on Sunday for a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars. St. Louis was 17 seconds into a power play resulting from an interference call on Antoine Roussel 10:41 into the extra frame. If the Blues can fix some leaks in their game, clear their heads, and Vladimir Tarasenko can get back to the art of shredding defenses. we should be just fine.
The Blues and Stars continue their Western Conference second round series in Dallas on Sunday as the home team looks to go up 2-0.
Mired in a 3-1 deficit entering the third period, the Stars fought mightily, eventually tied the game at 3-3 and forced overtime. The victor of Game 1, Lehtonen was pulled in favor of Antti Niemi, who stopped the next 12 Blues shots.
Capitals at Penguins, Game 3, 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN (series tied 1-1) – The series hailed as a clash of the titans has been less predictably dictated between the pipes through the first two games.
Kari Lehtonen chased after the first period.
Benn scored the overtime-forcing goal with 2:36 left in regulation.
San Jose had the third-ranked power play in the regular season and has scored with the man advantage in four of its five wins this postseason. Jamie Benn completing a Dallas Stars rally to earn overtime.
The Blues started the game well and picked up their play midway through the third period after Elliott kept the Blues in the game during the second period.
Robby Fabbri and Kevin Shattenkirk each had two assists for St. Louis. Lehtonen allowed three goals on five shots.
Along with the Western Conference’s top two teams, this is a matchup of Stars coach Lindy Ruff and St. Louis’ Ken Hitchcock, coaches who became friends after being assistant coaches as Team Canada won gold medals in the last two Winter Olympics.
Edmundson’s goal was just the second of his National Hockey League career and his first in the postseason.
A Roussel penalty led to a first-period power-play goal for the Blues.
Moments after Janmark’s goal, Brian Elliott took a Jason Spezza blast off the mask. Stars right wing Patrick Eaves was down between the circles and had a struggle getting off the ice after getting hit by a shot taken by teammate Stephen Johns early in the third period.
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“We anticipated this”, Hitchcock said, via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Steve Ott was a healthy scratch.
