Joel Hofer made 27 saves as the St. Louis Blues edged the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 Friday night.
Logan Mailloux and Matt Luff each scored their first goals in a Blues’ uniform. Justin Faulk also scored for St. Louis and Robert Thomas recorded two assists.
St. Louis had lost their previous two games by a combined 12-4 score.
Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist and Wyatt Kaiser also scored for the Blackhawks, who are 3-7-2 in their last 12 games.
Connor Bedard earned two assists, but he appeared to suffer a shoulder injury during a last-second faceoff.
Spencer Knight made 23 saves in defeat.
The Blues struck first by scoring 3:41 into the game. With a penalty pending against the Blackhawks, Mailloux took a pass from Thomas, moved in on left wing and snapped a shot from the faceoff dot past Knight.
After Chicago killed off a penalty, Luff put the Blues up 2-0 at even strength. He joined the rush coming down the middle, took Robby Fabbri’s pass and scored from the slot.
The Blackhawks cut their deficit to 2-1 with 4:10 left in the first period with their own rush goal. Kaiser came down the middle, accepted a pass from Burakovsky and scored coming through the slot.
St. Louis increased their lead to 3-1 midway through the second period. Faulk took a pass from Tyler Tucker in the right circle, attacked the net and slipped a shot past Knight on the short side.
Bedard stole the puck on the forecheck and set up Burakovsky’s tap-in at the right post as Chicago cut its deficit to 3-2 with 5:54 left in the game.
Dylan Holloway had an opportunity to finish off the Blackhawks, but he hit the post and crossbar on a breakaway. That gave Chicago an opportunity to remove Knight for an extra attacker and apply pressure until the final horn.
The Blackhawks outshot the Blues, 23-15, over the final two periods.
The rivals have split a pair of meetings in St. Louis and have two more in Chicago when the calendar turns to 2026.
–Field Level Media
