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Pavel Buchnevich and Alexey Toropchenko also
scored for the Blues, who won their third straight game since
the All-Star break. Robert Thomas earned two assists, and Jordan
Binnington made 34 saves in his 200th career start.
Dawson Mercer and Erik Haula scored and Mackenzie Blackwood made
31 saves for the Devils, who suffered just their second
regulation loss in 15 games.
The teams combined to put 29 shots on goal during the fast-paced
first period.
The Blues struck first with 3:28 left in the period after Ryan
O'Reilly fired a turnaround shot toward the net from above the
right circle. The puck caromed to Ivan Barbashev at the right of
the goal, and he poked it through the crease to Buchnevich for a
tap-in at the left post.
Just 58 seconds later, the Devils tied the game 1-1. Binnington
stopped Mercer's attempted stuff shot, but Mercer lifted the
rebound over him and into the net.
St. Louis moved ahead 2-1 at the four-minute mark of the second
period. Colton Parayko hammered a shot moving in from the right
point, Nathan Walker pushed the rebound to the right post, and
Toropchenko reached in to finish the job.
Kyrou made it 3-1 just 1:35 later, taking a back pass from
Schenn and snapping a shot past Blackwood from the slot.
The Devils cut the lead to 3-2 with an aggressive forecheck that
pinned the Blues in their zone. Haula took a pass from Fabian
Zetterlund from the right wall and cut in to beat Binnington.
Schenn pushed the Blues' lead to 4-2 with a power-play goal with
8:18 left to play. Kyrou fired a shot from the left side, and
Schenn converted the weak-side rebound.
--Field Level Media
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