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The Blues rallied from an early three-goal deficit to force
overtime. They have won back-to-back games for the first time
since their 5-0 start in October.
O'Reilly's shootout tally was a perfectly placed shot inside the
left post. He also scored in regulation for the Blues, along
with Logan Brown and Ivan Barbashev. Goaltender Jordan
Binnington made 30 saves before blanking the Lightning in the
shootout.
Anthony Cirelli, Corey Perry and Erik Cernak scored for the
Lightning, who have earned points in 13 of their last 15 games.
Taylor Raddysh had two assists and Brian Elliott made 30 saves.
The Lightning played without captain Steven Stamkos, who is on
paternity leave, and injured stars Nikita Kucherov and Brayden
Point. But they dominated the early action and broke out to a
3-0 lead just 5:29 into the game.
Their first goal came during a goal-mouth scramble. After Victor
Hedman's shot from the left circle was deflected straight up,
Cirelli swatted it out of midair.
Perry made it 2-0 by tapping in a power-play goal at the right
post. That extended his point streak to five games.
Then Cernak, just off the injured list, scored the third goal
only five seconds later on a fluke play. His dump-in took a
funky bounce off a stanchion and skipped through Binnington's
legs.
O'Reilly got the Blues on the board 3:15 into the second period.
Jordan Kyrou curled along the outside of the right circle and
set up O'Reilly with a cross-ice pass.
Brown, playing his first game for the Blues after his promotion
from the AHL, cut the deficit to 3-2. Off the rush, he converted
Oskar Sundqvist's drop pass in the left circle.
Barbashev tied the game 3-3 with a power-play goal 1:11 into the
third period. Scott Perunovich maneuvered in from the blue line
and fed Barbashev for a one-time shot from the slot.
--Field Level Media
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