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In his first game back in St. Louis to face his
former team, Vladimir Tarasenko scored and had an assist for the
Rangers (46-22-11, 103 points).
Vincent Trocheck also scored for New York and Jaroslav Halak
made 19 saves.
The Blues outshot the Rangers 8-6 in the scoreless first period.
St. Louis had the only power play in the first 20 minutes and
had the better scoring chances.
The Blues' Brandon Saad broke in down the middle for a
point-blank shot that Halak stopped. Toropchenko snapped a
dangerous shot from the slot and Logan Brown had a rebound
opportunity with 9.2 seconds left in the first period.
The teams picked up the offensive pace in the second period and
exchanged scoring chances.
Finally, the Blues broke through to take a 1-0 lead 8 minutes
into the second period. Toropchenko stole the puck from Rangers
winger Artemi Panarin in the Blues' zone, then raced up the left
wing to beat Halak to his glove side.
Rangers winger Kaapo Kakko nearly slipped a shot through
Binnington from the right circle later in the period, and Nathan
Walker tested Halak with a high shot from atop the left circle.
Tarasenko tied the game 1-1 with a power-play goal 1:55 into the
third period. Mika Zibanejad fired a cross-crease pass that
caromed out to Tarasenko, stepping in from the right circle.
Pitlick put the Blues up 2-1 with 9:47 to play by banging in the
rebound of his point-blank shot.
But Trocheck scored a power-play goal from the slot to tie the
game with 2:03 left to force overtime.
--Field Level Media
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