Blues 3-2 Sharks (21 Nov 2024) Match Summary

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ST. LOUIS — – Jake Neighbors scored the lone shootout goal, Jordan Binnington denied all three San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win Thursday night.

Binnington bounced back after allowing Alexander Wennberg’s game-tying goal with 8.8 seconds left to record his 151st career win and tie Mike Liut’s franchise record.

Wennberg had both goals for the Sharks. Mikael Granlund and Macklin Celebrini, choice no. 1 in the 2024 NHL draft, assisted on both goals.

Jordan Kyrou and Nathan Walker scored in regulation for the Blues, who won for just the second time in their last nine games. Walker scored 11 seconds into the game after Radek Faksa intercepted a pass from Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov.

Kyrou, sandwiched between Granlund and Timothy Liljegren at the top of the box, got a pass from Pierre-Olivier Joseph for his sixth goal of the season with 8:13 left in the second.

Binnington had 22 saves in the win, while Askarov had 29 saves.

Takeaways

Sharks: San Jose, which has been outscored 28-10 in the first period this season, got off to another rocky start despite getting a first-period goal for the third straight game.

Blues: Binnington is second among goalies in franchise history with 295 games played. He reached 151 wins in 56 fewer fights than Liut, who went 151-133 with 52 draws from 1979-1985.

Key moment

Neighbors delivered the win in the shootout with a wrist shot that struck Askarov on his glove side.

Key state

The Blues have been outscored 14-2 in the third period of their last seven games.

Next

The Blues play seven of their next eight games on the road, starting Saturday against the New York Islanders, the same day San Jose begins a four-game homestand Saturday against Buffalo.

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