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It was the second straight victory for last
season's Stanley Cup champions after they lost their season
opener in a shootout. The Maple Leafs fell for the first time in
regulation after winning their first two games and losing in a
shootout.
Oskar Sundqvist and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues,
who got 32 saves by Jordan Binnington. The goaltender also had
an assist -- the first of his career -- on Sundqvist's goal.
Frederik Gauthier and William Nylander scored for the Maple
Leafs while Frederik Andersen made 27 saves.
The Blues took the lead on Sundqvist's first goal of the season,
a slap shot from the top of the right circle that went
underneath Andersen's glove at 8:30 of the second period. Ivan
Barbashev's pass set up Sundqvist.
The Maple Leafs scored twice in 24 seconds to take a 2-1 lead.
Jason Spezza knocked the puck out of the air to Gauthier, who
scored his second goal this season at 11:34 of the second.
Nylander then scored his second of the season, starting and
finishing a three-way passing play with Cody Ceci and Andreas
Johnsson.
Schenn tied the game with his second goal of the season at 19:12
of the second. He found the five-hole with his shot after he
drifted into the slot to accept Jaden Schwartz's pass.
The Blues took a 3-2 lead when Pietrangelo notched his second
goal on a shot from low in the right circle at 7:51 of the third
period, set up by David Perron.
The Blues went on a power play at 15:03 of the third when Jake
Muzzin took a slashing penalty. Binnington was forced to stop a
short-handed attempt by Ilya Mikheyev.
Toronto removed Andersen for an extra attacker with more than
two minutes remaining but couldn't come up with the tying goal.
--Field Level Media
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