The visitors\u0027 win was all about relentless effort and being able to force the Canucks into making mistakes
Elias Pettersson did his best, though, picking up a pair of goals, including the third goal of the game with less than five minutes to play, giving the contest some late life. Alex Chiasson opened the scoring on the night, banging in a shot from in close.Article content
Remarkably, it was the first time O’Reilly had scored a regular season goal against the Canucks in 41 games.Article contentSt. Louis Blues forward Robert Thomas scores a goal past Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko in the second period at Rogers Arena.
That’s what happened on Chiasson’s goal, as the veteran winger found himself alone in front and flipped the puck over the shoulder of a bewildered Blues goalie Ville Husso to open the scoring 31 seconds into the second. The puck battles were usually hard, but the Blues are so well co-ordinated in their approach, the puck battles they create are often borderline no-man’s land for opposing defencemen.
Unfortunately, the Canucks couldn’t channel Pettersson’s energy and Thomas’s short-handed goal a couple minutes later put the Blues back in front.“Mistakes like that can’t happen,” he said. “We had a 2-1 lead and I tried to make a play, lost the puck and they scored. So I mean, it’s small things like that, they turn a game and that’s what what happened today.”Article content“I think he expects a lot from himself. He’s made a mistake. We all make mistakes. I mean, it’s part of the game.