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St. Louis defenseman Niko Mikkola tallied his
first NHL goal and Brayden Schenn also scored for St. Louis.
Blues goaltender Ville Husso tallied 17 saves.
San Jose improved to 2-4-1 in the past seven games. St. Louis
extended its point streak to six games (4-0-2).
The game opened up with San Jose's Kurtis Gabriel and St. Louis'
Kyle Clifford dropping the gloves and exchanging punches. Both
players were handed five-minute fighting majors just 2:35 into
the contest.
Mikkola opened up scoring 4:16 into the first frame with a
sniper shot that eluded Dubnyk's glove, giving his team the
early 1-0 lead. His only previous point in 20 NHL games,
including 15 this season, was an assist on Jan. 9, 2020.
The Blues were then successful in hemming the Sharks in their
own zone for long stretches of the first frame and held onto the
one-goal lead heading into the first intermission.
While St. Louis maintained momentum at the start of the second
period, Vlasic eventually evened up the score at the
seven-minute mark.
Later in the frame, the Sharks ran into penalty trouble, and
with Kevin Labanc in the penalty box for a second straight
minor, Schenn deflected a David Perron one-timer as it zipped
past Dubnyk to make the score 2-1 with 54 seconds remaining in
the second.
The Sharks didn't get any opportunities on the power play until
the third period. On their second man advantage, with Jordan
Kyrou in the box for tripping Kane, Couture knocked in a
power-play goal to make it 2-2.
Dubnyk and Husso exchanged big saves late in the period to push
the game into overtime.
--Field Level Media
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