Brayden Schenn scored two goals and earned an assist to lead the visiting St. Louis Blues past the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 Sunday night.
Dylan Holloway had a goal and two assists for the Blues, who won back-to-back games over the weekend.
Pavel Buchnevich also scored for St. Louis, and Jordan Binnington made 23 saves.
Noah Dobson had a goal and assist for the Canadiens, and Cole Caufield and Lane Hutson also scored.
Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes made 14 saves while playing on the second straight night. He filled in for Samuel Montembeault, who missed the game due to illness.
Montreal outshot the Blues 11-4 in the first period while taking a 2-1 lead.
The Blues struck first on the power play. Cam Fowler shot into traffic from the left point, and the puck caromed to Schenn for his weak-side conversion.
Hutson tied the game 1-1 with 7:40 left in the period. He cut to the net from the right point, took a pass from Zachary Bolduc and beat Binnington one on one.
Caufield put Montreal 2-1 with 57 seconds in the period left by taking a pass from Nick Suzuki and chipping a shot past Binnington from the near right side.
The Blues surged ahead 3-2 with two goals in the first 65 seconds of the second period.
Holloway scored by finishing off a 2-on-1 break with Schenn. Then it was Buchnevich’s turn, punching in a shot from directly in front from Robert Thomas’ pass from behind the net.
Schenn increased the Blues lead to 4-2 midway through the third period. Mathieu Joseph pushed the puck up the left wing, creating a 2-on-1 break that saw Holloway set up Schenn’s goal from the right wing.
Dobson cut the lead to 4-3 with 3:45 left with a slap shot from the left point, but the Blues held off the late Montreal charge.
–Field Level Media
