St. Louis 4, Minnesota 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, April 8, 2022
Where: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Referees:
Steve Kozari, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen:
Tyson Baker, David Brisebois
Attendance:
18096
By Field Level Media
Robert Thomas scored 1:27 into overtime and the St. Louis Blues moved into a tie for second place in the Central Division with Minnesota with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the visiting Wild on Friday night.
Thomas, who also had an assist, one-timed a Vladimir Tarasenko pass from the bottom of the left circle into the top left corner for his 17th goal of the season.
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist, and Pavel Buchnevich and Brayden Schenn also scored for St. Louis (41-20-10, 92 points), which extended its point streak to seven games (6-0-1). Ville Husso made 35 saves.
Kirill Kaprizov, Kevin Fiala and Jacob Middleton scored goals for Minnesota (43-21-6, 92 points), which blew a 3-1 third-period lead. Cam Talbot finished with 24 saves for the Wild, who still have one game in hand on the Blues.
St. Louis jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 4:36 mark of the first period on a power-play goal by Buchnevich. Thomas set up the score with a crossing pass to the right circle where Buchnevich one-timed a shot inside the near post for his 25th goal of the season.
Minnesota tied it late in the first period when Fiala knocked in a rebound of a Tyson Jost shot from inside the blue line for his career-high 24th goal of the season.
Minnesota took a 2-1 lead midway through the second period when Kaprizov, alone in the slot, intercepted Thomas' pass from the right corner and quickly roofed a wrist shot into the top left corner. It was the 41st goal of the season for Kaprizov, one off the team single-season record set by Marian Gaborik in 2007-08 and tied by Eric Staal in 2017-18.
Middleton extended the lead 3-1 just 18 seconds into the third period when he fired a wrist shot from the top of the left circle through traffic that clanged in off the far post for his fourth goal of the season.
Faulk cut it to 3-2 with a wrist shot from the right circle that went over Talbot's glove and under the crossbar for his 11th goal of the season.
Schenn then tied it at the 10:28 mark when he went down the left wing and around defenseman Jordie Benn and flipped a backhand shot past Talbot's glove side for his 21st goal of the season.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Minnesota |
|
St. Louis |
Kevin Fiala 1 |
Points |
Justin Faulk 2 |
Kevin Fiala 1 |
Goals |
Justin Faulk 1 |
Joel Eriksson Ek 1 |
Assists |
Justin Faulk 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Pavel Buchnevich 1 |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Cam Talbot .857 |
Save Percentage |
Ville Husso .921 |
Cam Talbot 24 |
Saves |
Ville Husso 35 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Minnesota
|
38 |
3 |
0-2 |
1-2 |
6 |
32 |
St. Louis
|
28 |
4 |
1-2 |
2-2 |
6 |
35 |
Upcoming Games
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St. Louis will play their next game at home against NY Islanders. The Blues have a W/L % of .561 after a win and .600 after a loss.
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Minnesota will play their next game at home against Los Angeles. The Wild have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .519 after a loss.