St. Louis, MO - Sami Salo scored right before the buzzer in overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center.
After Vancouver tied the game late in the third period, the teams skated into overtime and each squad had a couple of good chances.
faceoff in the St. Louis zone and got the puck to Markus Naslund, who slid the disc to Salo in the high slot.
Salo wound up and cranked a shot over the right for the win.
'It was a nice feeling to get that win,' said Salo. 'We thought we had time for one move and we did and I found the open hole.
'
for the Canucks, who have won two of their last three games.
assists for the Blues, who have lost two straight. Sanford made 36 saves in the loss.
'They tested me a lot,' said Sanford. 'Alot of point shots that got through tonight, which is unusual. They throw alot of junk at the net and look to bang away.
'
goal. With the puck deep in their zone the Canucks tried to clear it, but Tkachuk held it in at the blue line. Tkachuk spotted Cjanek down low and seven minutes in.
and turned aside all nine shots he faced.
On a Vancouver power play, Sanford made a nice pad save on a Mattias Ohlund over five minutes into the second.
through the second.
power play went 0-for-5 in the frame.
St. Louis got an insurance goal in the third period when Bill Guerin snapped a play tally 5:41 into the third.
deficit to 2-1.
A lack of discipline on St. Louis' part helped Vancouver tie the game.
The with 26 seconds to play.
The Blues travel to Chicago for a game on Saturday.
four-game road trip at Nashville on Saturday.
previous four games versus Vancouver.
games.
St.
Louis went 2-for-9 on the power play while Vancouver was successful on two of its 11 power plays.
assists and now has 10 on the season.
News RSS