National Hockey League
St. Louis 4, Minnesota 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, April 8, 2022
Where: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Referees: Steve Kozari, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, David Brisebois
Attendance: 18096

Robert Thomas scored 1:27 into overtime and the St. Louis Blues moved into a tie for second place in the Central Division with Minnesota with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the visiting Wild on Friday night.

Thomas, who also had an assist, one-timed a Vladimir Tarasenko pass from the bottom of the left circle into the top left corner for his 17th goal of the season.

Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist, and Pavel Buchnevich and Brayden Schenn also scored for St. Louis (41-20-10, 92 points), which extended its point streak to seven games (6-0-1). Ville Husso made 35 saves.

Kirill Kaprizov, Kevin Fiala and Jacob Middleton scored goals for Minnesota (43-21-6, 92 points), which blew a 3-1 third-period lead. Cam Talbot finished with 24 saves for the Wild, who still have one game in hand on the Blues.

St. Louis jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 4:36 mark of the first period on a power-play goal by Buchnevich. Thomas set up the score with a crossing pass to the right circle where Buchnevich one-timed a shot inside the near post for his 25th goal of the season.

Minnesota tied it late in the first period when Fiala knocked in a rebound of a Tyson Jost shot from inside the blue line for his career-high 24th goal of the season.

Minnesota took a 2-1 lead midway through the second period when Kaprizov, alone in the slot, intercepted Thomas' pass from the right corner and quickly roofed a wrist shot into the top left corner. It was the 41st goal of the season for Kaprizov, one off the team single-season record set by Marian Gaborik in 2007-08 and tied by Eric Staal in 2017-18.

Middleton extended the lead 3-1 just 18 seconds into the third period when he fired a wrist shot from the top of the left circle through traffic that clanged in off the far post for his fourth goal of the season.

Faulk cut it to 3-2 with a wrist shot from the right circle that went over Talbot's glove and under the crossbar for his 11th goal of the season.

Schenn then tied it at the 10:28 mark when he went down the left wing and around defenseman Jordie Benn and flipped a backhand shot past Talbot's glove side for his 21st goal of the season.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Minnesota   St. Louis
Kevin Fiala 1 Points Justin Faulk 2
Kevin Fiala 1 Goals Justin Faulk 1
Joel Eriksson Ek 1 Assists Justin Faulk 1
N/A Power Play Goals Pavel Buchnevich 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Cam Talbot .857 Save Percentage Ville Husso .921
Cam Talbot 24 Saves Ville Husso 35
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Minnesota 38 3 0-2 1-2 6 32
St. Louis 28 4 1-2 2-2 6 35
Upcoming Games
  • St. Louis will play their next game at home against NY Islanders. The Blues have a W/L % of .561 after a win and .600 after a loss.
  • Minnesota will play their next game at home against Los Angeles. The Wild have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .519 after a loss.