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Goalie Jake Allen made 32 saves in the victory
in a showdown between the top two squads in the Western
Conference.
After the Blues fell behind less than three minutes into the
game, Schwartz put the visitors on the board with a power-play
goal at 6:02 of the opening frame. Schwartz was at the doorstep
during the man-advantage and redirected Pietrangelo's point
shot.
Pietrangelo took his turn lighting the red light with another
man-advantage marker 7:10 into the second period. Upon gaining
the puck in the high slot, he ripped a long shot to put the
Blues ahead. St. Louis had managed two goals on just eight shots
at that point.
Robert Thomas made it 3-1 at 15:18 of the middle frame with a
goal-scorer's goal. Thomas took the puck in the left circle and
wired a top-shelf shot over goaltender Mike Smith's glove hand.
Tyler Bozak and Ivan Barbashev added empty-net goals in the
final minute to round out the scoring.
Edmonton's Connor McDavid opened the scoring 2:46 into the game.
While the Blues were all paying attention to Leon Draisaitl,
McDavid was fed the puck at the bottom of the left circle and
ripped a five-hole shot. Smith also got an assist on the goal.
Zack Kassian gave the Oilers a shot of hope by making it a 3-2
game with 8:58 left in the third, but that's as close as the
hosts could come before the empty-netters.
The win came at a price for the Blues, though. Forward Alexander
Steen left the game in the final minute of the second period
after a collision with Oilers forward Alex Chiasson and suffered
a lower-body injury.
Smith stopped 20 shots in the loss.
--Field Level Media
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