Blues Overcome 2 Goal Deficit, Beat Canucks in Overtime
Goals: Parayko (2), Sobotka (5),Edmondson (6) and Schenn (8)
Record 15-5-1
My Thoughts on Tonight's Game
- The Blues came out with a lot of energy. The forecheck was aggressive and I felt like St. Louis controlled the first half of the period, although they didn't seem to be able to sustain any offensive pressure.
- Vancouver turned up the heat and controlled most of the second half of the first period. They scored first when rookie Brock Boeser scored from the left circle with a wicked wrist shot. Several bodies in front of Jake Allen kept him from having a legit chance at stopping it.
- It took the Blues nearly 7 minutes before they could get even and they did so on Parayko's second goal of the season. His slapshot beat goaltender Anders Nilsson high on the stick side. Steen was in perfect position, taking away the eyes of Nilsson, and before he could react the puck was behind him. The goal was Parayko's first even-strengthed goal in over 100 games.
- Parayko's goal ignited the offense as they continued with pressure in the Canucks' end of the ice for the last couple of minutes.
- Period two was renamed the "Penalty Period" as 14 minutes of them were called. It was a wild period overall with several weird and unusual things happening.
- Tarasenko nearly scored as his shot hits the goalie in the side and then his elbow knocked it towards the net. It was going in when Nilsson dropped his stick and lunged for the puck with his blocker hand and stopped it just as it was nearing the line.
- After that, the Canucks kind of took over. They scored a short-handed goal at the 5:23 mark and a power play goal 5 1/2 minutes later.
- The Blues bounced back when Sobotka scored from the slot at the 13:10 mark. The possession was held in the Canucks' zone thanks to brilliant hustle and second effort by Dimitri Jaskin as he fought for and won the puck down in the corner behind the net and then again took the puck away out near the blue line as it looked like Vancouver might be heading the other way. The puck ended up behind the net on the stick of Stastny, who set up Sobotka perfectly for the goal.
- The period ended with a 4 on 4 and the third period started the same way, but neither team could score.
- The Blues tied the game just 4:46 seconds into the period when Joel Edmundson scored his 6th goal of the year on a pass from Stastny. The Blues defenseman has doubled his career high in goals in the first 21 games of this season. The D-Men had 2 goals and 3 assists tonight.
- If you couldn't watch the game, here were a few things that are hard to explain but were truly a sight to see. 1. Rogers Arena looked like a space ship. 2. Pietrangelo's save of the wrap around attempt early in the game. 3. Tarasenko's sick move between his legs to beat the defender and walk in on the goalie. Exciting stuff!
- Schenn scored the game-winner in OT to keep his point streak alive at 7 games. He has 5 goals and 10 assists in that stretch. Regardless of what picks Philly ends up with, this Schenn guy is the real deal and has made a HUGE difference in this team. Blues win in the trade that brought him here. Don't forget, we also got Klim Kostin in this deal.
- Stastny had 3 assists in the game and Dunn had 2 helpers.
- Schwartz and Tarasenko combined for only 1 point tonight. I look for both of those guys to get going again in this next 5 game homestand coming up.
- Blues finish the western Canada trip 2-1 and continue to lead the way in the west.
#AllTogetherNowStL #LGB #SpreadArisLight
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