St. Louis 6, San Jose 3
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, March 2, 2023
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees:
Mitch Dunning, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz, Brad Kovachik
Attendance:
12290
By Field Level Media
Jordan Kyrou, Colton Parayko and Brayden Schenn had a goal and assist each to rally the visiting St. Louis Blues past the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Thursday.
Logan Brown, Tyler Pitlick and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for the Blues, who erased a 2-0, first-period deficit to snap a six-game losing streak (0-4-2).
Pavel Buchnevich had four assists, Nikita Alexandrov had two assists and Thomas Greiss made 22 saves for St. Louis.
Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who lost for the seventh time in eight games (1-6-1).
Logan Couture and Steven Lorentz also scored and James Reimer made 17 saves for San Jose, which is an NHL-worst 6-17-8 at home this season.
The Sharks outshot the Blues 10-4 in the first period while moving ahead 2-0. Barabanov took a pass from Andreas Johnsson, cut left and beat Greiss from the slot 3:50 into the game.
Couture made it 2-0 less than three minutes later. Erik Karlsson rushed up the left wing and passed back to Couture, who scored from the left circle.
Parayko cut the San Jose lead to 2-1 at 2:35 of the second period. Alexandrov circled behind the net and passed across to Parayko at the right post.
St. Louis snapped a 0-for-23 power-play slump while tying the game 2-2 less than three minutes later. Kyrou broke a five-game pointless stretch by scoring from the slot off Buchnevich's pass from behind the net.
Brown put the Blues up 3-2 with his first goal of the season. He scored from the lower right circle off a cross-ice pass from Buchnevich.
Another power-play goal pushed the Blues' lead to 4-2 with 1:00 left in the second period. Kyrou slid a cross-crease pass to Schenn at the right post.
The Sharks cut their deficit to 4-3 with a short-handed goal at 6:36 of the third period. Lorentz broke up the left wing and scored from the slot.
Pitlick restored the two-goal Blues advantage with his goal from the top of the left circle at 14:52. Kapanen made it 6-3 with an empty-net goal at 17:03.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| St. Louis |
|
San Jose |
|
Pavel Buchnevich 4 |
Points |
Alexander Barabanov 2 |
|
Jordan Kyrou 1 |
Goals |
Alexander Barabanov 1 |
|
Pavel Buchnevich 4 |
Assists |
Alexander Barabanov 1 |
|
Jordan Kyrou 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
Steven Lorentz 1 |
|
Thomas Greiss .880 |
Save Percentage |
James Reimer .773 |
|
Thomas Greiss 22 |
Saves |
James Reimer 17 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| St. Louis
|
23 |
6 |
2-3 |
1-1 |
2 |
23 |
| San Jose
|
25 |
3 |
0-1 |
1-3 |
4 |
33 |
Upcoming Games
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San Jose will play their next game at home against Washington. The Sharks have a W/L % of .222 after a win and .318 after a loss.
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St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Los Angeles. The Blues have a W/L % of .630 after a win and .294 after a loss.
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