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Jordan Kyrou also scored and Jordan Binnington
made 20 saves for St. Louis, which moved one point ahead of idle
Minnesota for the first Western Conference wild-card spot.
Minnesota has played one less game.
J.T. Compher scored and Cam Talbot made 35 saves for Detroit,
which is four points behind Montreal and two points behind
Columbus and the New York Rangers in the race for the second
Eastern Conference wild-card spot.
Fowler scored his ninth goal of the season on a feed from Robert
Thomas, who has 11 assists in his last five games.
Kyrou scored his team-leading 32nd goal of the season with 28
seconds remaining in regulation and Binnington pulled for an
extra attacker to tie the game at 1-all.
Compher scored his ninth goal of the season 5:13 into the third
period on a feed from Jonatan Berggren off a rebound from
Vladimir Tarasenko.
Takeaways
Red Wings: Talbot almost single-handedly kept Detroit in the
game as he stopped the first 35 shots he faced.
Blues: Jimmy Snuggerud, the 23rd overall pick of the 2022 draft,
made his NHL debut after signing with St. Louis on Friday.
Snuggerud signed a day after Minneosta was eliminated from the
NCAA men’s hockey tournament.
Key moment
Alex DeBrincat missed the net on a shot attempt that gave St.
Louis possession and set up Fowler’s winning goal just 10
seconds later.
Key stat
St. Louis has matched a franchise record with nine consecutive
home wins.
Up next
St. Louis hosts Pittsburgh on Thursday night, and Detroit hosts
Carolina on Friday night.
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