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Schenn’s OT Winner Leads Blues Past Rangers

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St. Louis Blues

(38-28-5, 81 pts)

4

33 SOG

 

FINAL (OT)

Scottrade Center

Attendance: 18,975 (Sellout)

 

 

New York Rangers

(32-32-8, 72 pts)

3

20 SOG

 

3 Stars

1. Alex Pietrangelo

2. Brayden Schenn

3. Mika Zibanejad

Box Score

  1st 2nd 3rd (OT) T
STL 1 1 1 (1) 4
NYR 0 3 0 (0) 3

Season Series

Oct. 10 – STL, 3 at NYR, 1

Mar. 17 – STL, 4 vs. NYR, 3 (OT)

Blue Notes

-With their victory tonight, the Blues now have 81 points and sit 3 points shy of Dallas, 84 points, for the 2nd Wild Card spot

-The Blues swept the season series with the Rangers (2-0-0) and have now won 3 of their last 4 games against the Rangers (3-1-0)

-The Blues allowed just 20 shots tonight, sharing their 3rd lowest total of the season. The Blues allowed the Rangers just 2 shots in the first period, their lowest total of the season in the first period

-Jake Allen stopped 17 of the 20 shots he faced for his 22nd victory of the season. Allen is 3-1-0 in his last 4 starts, with a 2.52 GAA and a .904 SV%

-Brayden Schenn scored his 25th goal of the season in overtime, his 6th career overtime goal. Schenn now has 8 game-winning goals this season, which is a new career-high and ranks 4th in the NHL. Schenn now has 59 points this season, which ties his career-high set in 2015-16 with Philadelphia

-Alex Pietrangelo scored his 13th and 14th goals of the season and recorded his 32nd assist for the 5th 3-point game of his career, all of which have come at home. Pietrangelo’s 14 goals this season have tied his career-high that he set last season. Pietrangelo has 9 points in his last 8 games (5g, 4a)

-Nikita Soshnikov scored his 1st goal of the season, which was also his 1st as a Blue. Soshnikov has 2 points in his last 3 games (1g, 1a)

-Jaden Schwartz recorded his 30th assist of the season on Schenn’s overtime winner. Schwartz has reached at least 30 assists in all 4 of his NHL seasons where he has played at least 50 games. Schwartz has 8 points in his last 8 games (2g, 6a)

-Vladimir Sobotka recorded his 17th and 18th assists of the season for his 22nd career multi-point game. His teams are 20-2-0 in his career when he records at least 2 points in a game. Sobotka has 4 points in his last 4 games (1g, 3a)

-Tage Thompson recorded his 5th assist of the season and has 2 assists in his last 4 games

-Vince Dunn recorded his 14th assist of the season and has 3 assists in his last 6 games

-Chris Thorburn recorded his 6th assist of the season and has 2 assists in his last 4 games

-Carl Gunnarsson recorded his 4th assist of the season and is now just 3 assists shy of 100 for his career

Up Next

-The Blues will visit the Chicago Blackhawks tomorrow March 18, at 6:30 P.M. at United Center

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