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Brandon Saad also scored for St. Louis and
Jordan Binnington made 35 saves.
Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Corey Perry scored and
Connor McDavid had three assists for the Oilers, who suffered
just their third loss in 21 games.
Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner allowed five goals on 29 shots.
Edmonton outshot the Blues 14-8 in the first period while taking
a 2-1 lead.
The Blues struck first when Thomas scored midway through the
period. Nick Leddy fired a cross-ice pass that found Thomas for
the conversion at the right post.
Edmonton tied the score 1-1 on a power-play goal. Evan Bouchard
shot into traffic, then McDavid slid the puck over to Draisaitl
for a shot from the right flank.
The Blues survived the next Oilers power play, with Binnington
denying Zach Hyman twice from point-blank range -- once with his
glove and once by reaching back with his skate.
But Nugent-Hopkins put Edmonton up 2-1 with 27 seconds left in
the period by scoring during a goal-mouth scramble.
St. Louis blitzed the Oilers with four second-period goals to
take a 5-2 lead.
Neighbours started the onslaught with a spinning follow shot 69
seconds in, his 19th goal of the season. Krug put the Blues up
3-2 after Neighbours slid the puck to him in front of the net.
The Blues scored their last two goals of the period on power
plays. First, Neighbours set up Kyrou for a shot into the open
left side of the net, then Thomas fed Buchnevich for a
redirection on the low slot with just 25 seconds left in the
period.
Perry cut the Blues' lead to 5-3 with 8:46 left to play with a
rebound conversion, but Saad made it 6-3 with an empty-net goal
in the closing minutes.
--Field Level Media
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