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 Faksa scored the eventual winner with 4:44 remaining in regulation
when he tapped in a rebound after Blues goaltender Brian Elliott
denied the initial shot by Ales Hemsky.
Antoine Roussel also scored for Dallas.
Kevin Shattenkirk scored for the Blues.
The best chance of the opening period came with 4:19 remaining when
Robby Fabbri and Troy Brouwer had a 2-on-1. Lehtonen got his stick
on Brouwer's wrist shot at the near post and knocked it high.
Lehtonen also made two saves on Paul Stastny earlier in the period,
denying him first on a backhand 8:59 into the game and a second time
as Stastny attempted to score off the rebound.
Roussel gave Dallas a 1-0 lead with his second goal of the playoffs
9:36 into the second period. He scored off a rebound after Blues
goaltender Brian Elliott denied the initial wrist shot by Faksa from
the edge of the left circle.
Roussel started the sequence by charging up the right side of the
ice before delivering a cross-ice pass to John Klingberg, who has
four points in the playoffs.
Elliott robbed Mattias Janmark at the far post 4:50 into the third
period. Janmark was attempting to score his first playoff goal, but
Elliott denied him a second time in the game with a glove save.
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Dallas lost veteran winger Patrick Eaves to a lower-body injury
early in the third period. Eaves was struck with a shot by Stephen
Johns from the right point and left the ice slowly. Eaves
immediately adjourned to the Dallas dressing room for treatment.
St. Louis tied it with 8:28 remaining when Shattenkirk scored on a
one-timer from the left point that beat Lehtonen far post after
receiving a pass from Colton Parayko.
Elliott stopped 40 for the Blues.
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