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Ryan O'Reilly scored for the third straight game, Brandon Saad
also scored and Jordan Binnington made 30 saves for the Blues,
who took a 3-2 series lead.
Game 6 of the best-of-seven set is Thursday in St. Louis.
Kirill Kaprizov scored two power-play goals to give him seven
tallies in the series for the Wild, who were leading 2-1 midway
through the game. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 shots in the
defeat.
The Blues took a 3-2 lead at 1:03 of the third period. St. Louis
dumped the puck in the Minnesota zone and Pavel Buchnevich got
to it first behind the net before passing to Tarasenko in front
for the one-timer.
Tarasenko then scored off a rush on a wrist shot from above the
right circle to make it 4-2 at 2:31.
Tarasenko finished off the hat trick by scoring into an empty
net for a 5-2 lead with 1:33 left.
The Blues took an early lead with their sixth power-play goal of
the series.
O'Reilly was the first player to reach a loose puck in front of
the Minnesota net, and he shot it past Fleury for a 1-0 lead at
4:53 of the first period.
Minnesota went on its first power play when Nick Leddy was
called for interference at 12:11 of the first period, and
Kaprizov scored for the fourth straight game to tie it 1-1 at
13:15.
Kaprizov drew a slashing penalty on Robert Thomas and then
scored his second goal short-side over Binnington's right
shoulder for a 2-1 lead with 2:53 left in the opening period.
Saad tied it 2-2 at 15:28 of the second period when he
redirected a centering pass from Jordan Kyrou.
Kaprizov passed Wes Walz and Marian Gaborik for the most goals
by a Minnesota player in one series.
Binnington won his 18th playoff game with the Blues, breaking
the team record he previously shared with Mike Liut and Greg
Millen.
--Field Level Media
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