ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dylan Holloway scored a pair of power-play targets, Robert Thomas had a purpose and two assists, and the St. Louis Blues saved their slim playoff hopes alive with a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Geese on Friday night time.
Pius Suter and Colton Parayko every had a purpose and an help for St. Louis and Jonatan Berggren added a purpose. Joel Hofer stopped 24 pictures for the Blues, who pulled to inside three factors of the final wild-card spot within the Western Convention with seven video games left.
Ryan Poehling had a purpose and an help, and Jeffrey Viel scored for the Geese, who stay tied with Edmonton for first place within the Pacific Division however have misplaced 4 straight video games. Lukas Dostal stopped 23 pictures.
St. Louis prolonged a 3-2 first-period lead with two targets within the second. Tyler Tucker corralled a rebound behind the purpose line and flicked a move to Suter, who snapped a shot previous Dostal for a 4-2 lead on the 3:08 mark. Parayko’s shot from the suitable circle beat Dostal glove-side for a 5-2 lead with 3:10 left.
Holloway’s power-play purpose within the third made it 6-2.
The groups mixed for 5 targets within the first interval.
The Geese, taking part in their second straight recreation with out main scorer Cutter Gauthier (upper-body damage), took a 1-0 lead when Poehling redirected Mason McTavish’s shot from the blue line previous Hofer 1:51 into the sport.
St. Louis answered at 5:24 when Philip Broberg threaded a move behind Geese defender Ian Moore to a Thomas.
Holloway’s power-play purpose gave St. Louis a 2-1 lead with 8:42 left, however Viel’s tap-in of a cross-ice move from Poehling tied it 2-2 with 3:59 left.
Geese: Host the Calgary Flames Saturday night time.
Blues: On the Colorado Avalanche Sunday night time.
