Takeaways From Blues' 3-2 OT Win In opposition to Bruins

Had the St. Louis Blues dropped their sport Saturday towards the Boston Bruins at TD Backyard, it will have been a kind of didn’t-win a deserved-to-win kind of sport.

However all that was put to relaxation when Brayden Schenn scored his ninth profession time beyond regulation game-winner in Blues historical past, leading to a 3-2 come-from-behind win towards the Bruins.

Except for a hiccup within the first interval, the Blues (8-9-1) had the vast majority of the higher of the play, outshooting Boston (8-8-3) 31-17, the bottom shot complete allowed by the Blues this season.

It was one of many extra proverbial “full” video games this season for the Blues and one that truly has been constructing after that disastrous sport one week in the past towards the Washington Capitals.

Let us take a look at the immediately’s takeaways:

* Blues received all three zones — To have the ability to say you may dictate all three zones is a rarity. The Blues did simply that.

Except for the Nathan Walker turnover that led to St. Louis’ personal Trent Frederic scoring his second objective of the sport to place Boston up 2-1, the Blues have been capable of shut performs within the defensive zone, transition pucks into and thru the impartial zone, which in essence led to extra offensive zone time.

They did not give the puck away in unhealthy areas on the ice, and so they created some superb scoring probabilities on account of sustained offensive zone time.

* ‘WTF’ Line continues to shine — Walker, Radek Faksa and Alexey Toropchenko on most nights will line up because the Blues’ fourth line to offer power and a great forecheck whereas defending the ice with out the puck.

With a rash of accidents, it has been taking part in as a 3rd line, and except for all of the aforementioned good, constant play that line has been offering, it accounted for 2 objectives and three assists on Saturday, with Faksa (one objective, one help) and Toropchennko (two assists) main the best way and Walker scoring an enormous tying objective within the third interval.

Faksa’s web entrance presence acquired the Blues on the board first, the third straight sport by which they’ve opened the scoring, making it 1-0 at 6:25:

The Blues did not need to be down, to be fairly frank, when Walker’s objective tied it 2-2 at 9:18 given the buildup by way of the primary after they fell behind to that time, however all 5 guys, together with defensemen Scott Perunovich and Justin Faulk every with a pinch to maintain pucks alive, to Faksa and Toropchenko’s forechecks, and Faksa’s eyes-in-the-back-of-his-head no-look backhand go to the slot for Walker’s wrister end:

* Second interval domination — The Blues did not rating within the second interval, however they outshot the Bruins 9-5 and seemingly had the puck in Boston’s finish for almost all of the interval.

Even down a objective coming into the third interval and Boston’s glowing 6-0-1 edge when main after two intervals, if the Blues saved being aggressors like they have been within the second interval, there was a terrific sense they’d on the very least tie, if not win the sport.

* Scorin’ Scotty — Perunovich did not rating immediately, however this was certainly one of his finest video games as a Blue.

With the Blues ravaged by accidents (Torey Krug, Nick Leddy, Philip Broberg, P.O. Joseph) to their blue line, Perunovich has been thrust into the highlight, and for the insecurity he is displayed to start the season and even going again to final season, that confidence is rising, something he spoke of after scoring his first NHL goal against the Capitals.

He completed with the one help and was a plus-1 in 18:50 time on ice with two pictures on objective, two hits and two blocked pictures.

* Schenn’s second OT winner — Schenn hasn’t scored at close to the clip the Blues want from their captain (three objectives in 18 video games), however he is made probably the most of two of them with being OT game-winners:

Appears to be like acquainted, does not it? Very an identical to the OT winner Schenn scored in San Jose on Oct. 10:

Together with his ninth OT game-winner, Schenn is now one off of tying the franchise report held by Vladimir Tarasenko.

Here is what coach Drew Bannister, Schenn, Perunovich and Walker needed to say concerning the sport: