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Jordan Binnington made 22 saves to earn the
victory.
Logan Couture scored twice and added an assist for the Sharks.
Brent Burns (goal, two assists), Kevin Labanc (goal, assist) and
Tomas Hertl (two assists) also had multi-point games.
Devan Dubnyk stopped 27 of 32 shots in his first start for San
Jose.
The Sharks struck first when Labanc deflected Burns' slap shot
from the right point past Binnington.
Couture, who didn't score a power-play goal in 52 games last
season, scored one to put the Sharks up 2-0 with 5:42 left in
the first period. Hertl slid a deft cross-ice pass to Couture
for a one-time shot from the right circle.
Faulk cut the Sharks lead to 2-1 at 3:36 of the second period.
He jumped from the penalty box, took an outlet pass from Ivan
Barbashev and buried a wrist shot.
The Blues tied the game 2-2 just 93 seconds later. Parayko shot
from the right point and Hoffman deflected it in for his first
goal as a Blue.
The Sharks moved up 3-2 on another power-play goal. Evander Kane
fed Burns as he broke unattended to the net to beat Binnington
one-on-one.
That was the eighth power-play goal the Blues allowed in their
first eight periods of the season.
But the Blues tied the game again when Kyrou raced up the right
wing for a clean break-in. Dubnyk stopped him, but Schenn
converted the rebound.
Faulk struck again with one minute left on the second period. He
broke to the net to redirect David Perron's pass to put the
Blues up 4-3.
Couture scored again to tie the game 4:17 into the third period,
banking a shot off Binnington from along the goal line on the
left side.
But Kyrou took a drop pass from Parayko to score the decisive
goal from the top of the right circle midway through the period.
--Field Level Media
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