Logan Couture added a power-play goal and Joe Thornton scored an empty-netter to put the Sharks in control as the series shifts to Nashville for Game 3 on Tuesday night.
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Backes joined Pierre Turgeon (1999) as the only Blues players with two overtime goals in the same postseason, having scored the OT victor in the opener of the Blues’ first-round series against Chicago.
It was Roussel’s second goal of the playoffs, the first one that he got a stick on the puck.
Let’s do this. Let’s Go Blues. “But it really doesn’t matter if I like the call or don’t like the call”.
“You can’t use it as a crutch”.
“He brings enthusiasm, a big smile on his face, the willingness to do whatever it takes to win right now”, coach Lindy Ruff said about the 22-year-old Faksa.
The same team that had gotten two shots on goal in the third period equaled that on a power play early in overtime, eventually finishing with eight shots on Niemi in a little more than half a period. Pietrangelo played 10:30 of even-strength ice time against Benn and the Blues controlled 69 percent of the shot attempts. “We moved it too slow, and on some of our entries, we were just off”. “We learned we have to stay on our toes”.
Seguin skated with forward Patrick Eaves, who took a shot by a teammate off his knee in Game 1.
When Dallas failed to clear the puck 3 minutes later, the Blues took their second shot and scored their second goal.
Maatta left the game and did not return. “Just a big excitement for me. It looked like he was nearly there”.
In the other game, the Lightning host the Islanders (3 p.m., NBC), with the Islanders up 1-0 in the series.
Stars winless in past three overtimes: The Stars have now lost their last three playoff overtime games. “Got one in their building, and now we need to go home and play solid hockey for 60 minutes and really start to establish our game”. All three losses have been at home. “We’re going into these overtimes with our heads up”. The start of the game is not what we wanted.
Expect a much different tempo when the puck drops again in two hours.
Stars captain Jamie Benn (surprise, surprise) leveled the score by burying a goal by Brian Elliott with under three minutes in regulation. Up 1-0, keeping the Blues to a minimum of scoring chances, what could possibly go wrong? He also hit Minnesota’s Devan Dubnyk in the first round.
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“You see it being done and you think to yourself, ‘If I’m in that situation, I can make that play.’ He’s just leading that way for us on the back end”, defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said. “It just kind of caught me right in the eye”. But after Elliott’s broken facemask was repaired, he remained in the game. Campbell was recalled on Sunday morning from AHL Texas, whose run in the Calder Cup playoffs ended on Friday. St. Louis benefits immensely when it initiates the action and functions as the aggressor. Backes and Paul Stastny (!) led the hit parade with seven each. Now the Stars have to win at least one game in St. Louis to reach the Western Finals. Jason Spezza was credited with four.Kris Russell had six blocked shots for Dallas.
