Late goal snaps tie, lifts Blues over slumping Stars
Paul Stastny scored twice, Patrick Berglund broke a third-period tie with his seventh goal of the season, and the St. Louis Blues topped the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Saturday night.
Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for St. Louis, which has points in 17 of its last 20 home games. Carter Hutton made 25 saves while filling in for Jake Allen.
Lauri Korpikoski, Patrick Eaves and John Klingberg scored for Dallas, which has dropped three in a row since a season-high, three-game win streak.
Berglund gave St. Louis a 4-3 lead when he deflected a shot from Kevin Shattenkirk into the net with 1:54 left in regulation. It was his sixth goal in his last 10 games.
Stastny broke a 12-game scoreless drought with his eighth goal of the season in the first. He tipped in a drive from Alexander Steen for a 3-2 lead with 12:09 left in the second.
Tarasenko scored his 20th on a wrist shot from the slot late in the first. He has scored at least 20 goals in each of the last four seasons.
Klingberg tied it at 3 with his third goal late in the second period.
Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen stopped 11 of 14 shots before he was replaced by Antti Niemi midway through the game.
Briefly
▪ St. Louis D Carl Gunnarsson missed his second straight game with a lower-body injury.
▪ Allen and his girlfriend Shannon Adams welcomed the couple’s first child, Lennon Everley, on Friday.
▪ Dallas C Tyler Seguin has 39 points in 39 games this season.
Up next
Stars: Visit the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
Blues: Complete a season-high six-game homestand on Tuesday against Boston.
Dallas | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 |
St. Louis | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
First Period—1, Dallas, Korpikoski 5 (Benn), 2:20. 2, St. Louis, Stastny 8 (Hunt, Hutton), 9:27. 3, St. Louis, Tarasenko 20 (Stastny, Steen), 16:43 (pp). Penalties—Eakin, DAL, (hooking), 16:10.
Second Period—4, Dallas, Eaves 14 (Spezza, Klingberg), 0:35 (pp). 5, St. Louis, Stastny 9 (Shattenkirk, Steen), 7:51 (pp). 6, Dallas, Klingberg 5 (Korpikoski, Faksa), 18:35. Penalties—Shattenkirk, STL, (cross checking), 0:17; Berglund, STL, (hooking), 1:10; Oduya, DAL, (hooking), 3:44; Klingberg, DAL, (interference), 6:49; Upshall, STL, (high sticking), 11:51; Eaves, DAL, (roughing), 16:53; Reaves, STL, (roughing), 16:53.
Third Period—7, St. Louis, Berglund 7 (Brodziak, Shattenkirk), 18:06. Penalties—Schwartz, STL, (tripping), 7:05.
Shots on Goal—Dallas 7-10-11—28. St. Louis 13-4-5—22. Power-play opportunities—Dallas 1 of 4; St. Louis 2 of 3. Goalies—Dallas, Lehtonen 9-10-4 (14 shots-11 saves), Niemi 7-6-4 (8-7). St. Louis, Hutton 4-4-2 (28-25). A—19,503 (19,150). T—2:34.
This story was originally published January 7, 2017 at 10:24 PM with the headline "Late goal snaps tie, lifts Blues over slumping Stars."