The Blues scored six unanswered goals as they took a 2-1 lead over
the Stars in the best-of-seven series.
Two of the goals came on the power play, giving the Blues four
power-play goals in 14 chances so far in the series. The Stars were
0-for-3 on the power play and are 0-for-10 in the series with a man
advantage.
The Blues were outscored 12-3 in the second period in their first
nine playoff games before Tuesday's game, but they got two goals in
a span of 1:16 early in the second this time to turn a 2-1 lead into
a 4-1 advantage.
Troy Brouwer skated around defenseman Kris Russell and beat goalie
Antti Niemi 2:34 into the period with his third goal of the playoffs
and second in the series.
 The Stars pulled Niemi, who allowed the three goals on 12 St. Louis
shots, and brought in Kari Lehtonen, who gave up a goal just over a
minute later.
Tarasenko took advantage of a Dallas turnover when his shot
deflected off the skate of defenseman Alex Goligoski, past Lehtonen
and into the net at 3:50.
The goal was Tarasenko's fifth in the playoffs but first in four
games. It was his 15th career playoff goal in 22 games.
Steen then completed the three-goal period with his second goal of
the night, on a power play at 18:03, just 10 seconds after Antoine
Roussel was called for delay of game. The Blues had 16 shots on goal
during the period.
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The Blues also scored twice in the first period after Dallas went in
front 1-0 on Colton Sceviour's second goal of the playoffs, off a
rebound at 4:44.
Steen tied the game just 57 seconds later, off a pass from Peter
Stastny, following a Dallas turnover.
Backes, who scored the game-winning goal in overtime in Game 2 on a
power play, got another power-play goal at 16:10 of the first period
Tuesday. Vernon Fiddler was serving a penalty for slashing Jaden
Schwartz. Backes collected his fourth goal of the playoffs.
The Stars thought they tied the game with 1:19 left in the first on
a shot by Jason Demers, but a video review showed the puck hit the
crossbar and did not go in the net.
Backes scored his second goal of the game with 1:54 to play in the
third period to cap the Blues' biggest scoring outburst so far in
the playoffs.
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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