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Curtis Lazar scored the Devils' only goal, and
goaltender Akira Schmid made 31 saves.
Devils star Jack Hughes sustained an upper-body injury midway
through the first period. He raced in on a clean break, fired a
shot on Binnington, then lost an edge and crashed hard into the
end boards.
St. Louis built an 11-7 shot advantage while dictating play in
the first period. Schmid had to stop Brandon Saad on a
short-handed rush and Jordan Kyrou breaking in from the right
wing to keep the game scoreless.
The Blues finally broke through at 7:12 of the second period.
Neighbours cut down the middle and converted a backhand pass
from Sammy Blais, beating Schmid to his stick side.
Hayes put the Blues up 2-0 less than three minutes later. Jakub
Vrana fired a shot on goal, and Nick Leddy put the rebound back
on goal but missed. Hayes was able to convert on a second
follow-up shot.
New Jersey cut the Blues' lead to 2-1 with 3:21 left in the
second period. Alexander Holtz put a shot on goal, and Lazar cut
across the top of the crease to reach his rebound conversion
around Binnington.
Saad had a chance to restore the Blues' two-goal lead with 6:02
to play, but he shot wide of the empty net from a few feet out.
Tyler Toffoli had a chance to tie the game with 3:25 left, but
he misfired on his point-blank shot.
Hayes scored into an empty net to ice the game with 1:37 left.
After Hayes just missed scoring another empty-net goal, Thomas
tacked on an empty-net tally.
--Field Level Media
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