The Anaheim Ducks wrapped up their brief, two-game road trip that had them take on the Vegas Golden Knights in a Saturday night showdown two days after a barnburner of a 7-5 win against the Dallas Stars on Thursday.

The Ducks were looking to extend their five-game winning streak against a Vegas team that they’ve struggled against, especially on the road, since the franchise’s inception. Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier entered play, each with their own eight-game point streaks they were trying to preserve. Unfortunately for Gauthier, his ended. Carlsson, however, continued his rise toward superstardom with a three-point night.

The Ducks went with their exact lineup that earned them their last three victories.

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The Knights were hoping to retake the Pacific division lead and return to the win column against Anaheim, after dropping their Thursday night game to Tampa Bay 6-3.

The Ducks turned to Petr Mrazek in net for this game, marking just his third appearance in the team’s first 14 games to open the season. After two shaky outings to start the season, he saved 36 of 39 shots. None of the goals he allowed could be classified as “soft,” and he made numerous game-preserving stops toward the end of the third and in overtime, as Vegas made their final push toward a desired two points.

The Knights turned to Akira Schmid in this game, who stopped 25 of the 29 shots he faced.

Game Notes

The two teams were evenly matched to start the game, trading zone time, rush chances, and good defensive efforts. The Ducks seized control of the game during the second, overwhelming Vegas with their relentlessly clean exits and rush chances that led to extended cycle opportunities.

Vegas countered with an onslaught of their own in the third period, where they totaled 21 shots and a whopping 35 shot attempts. Anaheim’s defensive structure, along with Mrazek’s stellar play down the stretch, took the Ducks to overtime with a 3-3 tie, where offensive dynamo Jacob Trouba (kidding…kinda) ended it for Anaheim, sending them home with four points of a possible four on their road trip against a pair of Cup contenders from the West.

Defensive Zone Coverage: The Ducks have become comfortable and effective in their new zone system, as demonstrated best by these last two games against Dallas and Vegas. Even when they don’t get their desired early kills and are hemmed in for spells, as happens from time to time (it is still hockey), they are able to conserve some energy and protect the most dangerous seams.

Their standard positioning makes it easier for puck carriers to know where and when support is arriving, and outlets remain in more predictable spots on the ice, allowing them to exit cleanly and build plays more effectively. The next area to work on will be for the weak-side winger and defensemen to be more aware of activating defensemen or opposing covering forwards as they sneak down toward the back post, looking for soft ice.

Zellweger-Trouba: Once again, this pair showed why they’re analytically one of the best in the NHL. They accounted for four points (1-3=4) between them, 62.9% of the expected goals share, 53.8% of the shot share, and 59.5% of the shot attempts share.

They drive play from the blueline when in the offensive zone, reading off each other and their supporting forwards so they can pinch or cut down from the point to open up space or become passing options. Trouba’s defensive stick has become one of his most effective tools, as he consistently breaks up attacks in the d-zone, after which Zellweger pounces on the loose puck or an open lane to ignite a rush.

Rush Defense: The Ducks' rush/transition defense remains an area of concern. They did well to patch the middle of neutral ice, where they previously would allow cutting forwards to find the ice between defensemen with speed to manufacture breaks. However, Vegas exploited the Ducks’ puck-watching backcheckers and easily found their trailers for the Knights’ first and third goals in this game.

There will need to be increased communication between the retreating defensemen and the backchecking forwards in regards to who needs support and who needs trailers accounted for.

Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier: Not much more can be said about Carlsson, as he has raised expectations to the point where if he doesn’t dazzle, it’s an anomaly. Of course, he dazzled in this one, but the areas where he most impressed were defensively and in surveying opposing attacks in the neutral zone. He anticipated, disrupted, and dug for pucks to create offense in this game. On this trajectory, he could become the 200-foot, dominant, two-way center his ceiling was advertised as when he was drafted in 2023, just with way more offensive upside than expected by most.

Gauthier saw his point streak end, but it’s clear the game is slowing down for the sophomore winger. He is scanning the ice with and without the puck to greater effect, and has improved his play-connecting skills just inside the offensive blueline, even looking for and finding streaking teammates (mainly linemate Beckett Sennecke) in the slot. He’s finding ways to present himself as a passing option for teammates regardless of where he is on the ice: high-danger areas, high middle, on his backhand, on the wall, etc. These are encouraging signs for a budding (or arriving) star goalscorer.

The Ducks’ string of Cup-hopeful opponents continues on Sunday, when they’ll host the Winnipeg Jets at Honda Center, before embarking on a three-game road trip, starting on Tuesday against the NHL-best Colorado Avalanche.

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LAS VEGAS -- The Golden Knights got third-period goals from Pavel Dorofeyev and Kaedan Korczak to erase a two-goal deficit, but it wouldn't be enough as the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks won 4-3 in overtime.

Anaheim (10-3-1) snapped a four-game skid against the Knights (7-3-4), who swept the series last season. With the win, the Ducks are three points ahead of Vegas and Seattle (7-3-4).

The surprising Ducks have now won six straight, a streak that has come against teams that had a combined record of 38-21-7.

Trailing 3-1 after two periods, Dorofeyev scored a power-play goal less than four minutes into the third when he gathered a loose puck after a faceoff in the right circle, skated to the slot and fired the puck past Anaheim goalie Petr Mrazek.

Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) on XSCORE O FEYEV 🚪

Korczak tied the game with a little more than five minutes left in the game when he fired from the exact same spot where Dorofeyev scored from, firing a laser past three defenders and Mrazek.

Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) on XBIG TIME KORCZY 🐲😮‍💨

Jacob Trouba scored the game-winner with 32 seconds left in overtime.

Brett Howden also scored for the Knights while Akira Schmid made 25 saves.

Leo Carlsson scored twice, and Frank Vatrano also scored for the Ducks. Mrazek finished with 36 saves.

Howden put Vegas on the board first when he took a beautiful pass from William Karlsson, who streaked down the right side and below the goal line before backhanding the puck back in front for the one-timer.

Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) on XHowie's third of the season gets us going 💪🍞

The Ducks tied the game when Olen Zellweger fired a shot from the point, and Vatrano was in the right spot to get a stick on the puck to beat Schmid.

After playing 5:03 over the entire first period, Karlsson did not return for the final two periods. Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said after the game it was a lower-body injury, and would not speculate yet if Karlsson is day-to-day until hearing more on Sunday.

Carlsson's two second-period goals gave Anaheim a 3-1 lead.

"I think our third period was encouraging," Howden said. "They're a good team, they're playing well. But I think a lot of it is on us, too. It wasn't our kind of hockey."

KEY MOMENT: After squandering a power-play opportunity to start the third period, the Golden Knights got a second chance when Carlsson was called for high-sticking Jeremy Lauzon. At the time, Vegas was mired in a 2-for-24 skid with a man advantage, but was able to capitalize with Dorofeyev's goal. The Knights are now 3 of 26 on the power play in the last eight games.

"We needed a power play goal, hadn't gotten one in a while, gave us some life," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "And really thought we should have won the game. I'm not walking out of here tonight, gonna beat our guys up. Were there pockets of the game we weren't enough? Of course. Certainly, a game we should have had the two points."

KEY STAT: The Golden Knights opened the season tied for the league lead after outscoring teams 10-4 in the second period. Over their last eight games, though, they've been outscored 7-1 in the middle stanza.

"I don't think we're terrible in the second period," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "I'll have to look at it again. Obviously, we gave up goals, so you look at the results weren't good."

WHAT A KNIGHT: Defenseman Brayden McNabb had two blocked shots for the Knights, upping his league lead to 47 this season. McNabb is the franchise's all-time blocked shots leader with 1,322 since the inaugural season, a tally that also leads all NHL skaters in the same stretch. McNabb has appeared in 274 consecutive games after appearing in all 82 games the previous three regular seasons. McNabb is on pace to become the first Vegas skater in franchise history to reach 600 games played with the organization (597).

UP NEXT: The Golden Knights continue their season-long six-game homestand on Monday against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

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’Twas a snowy night in Edmonton, and the only thing falling faster than the flakes was the Oilers’ defensive structure, as the Colorado Avalanche stormed into Rogers Place and proceeded to dismantle their hosts. 

Colorado poured in nine goals in a full-scale rout, a 9–1 shellacking that left the Oilers buried under an avalanche in every sense of the word. 

Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) on XMake that nine.

Four Avalanche players scored twice—Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Jack Drury, and Parker Kelly—highlighting just how lopsided the night became. It was Colorado’s first nine-goal game since April 13, 2022, when they beat the Los Angeles Kings 9–3 at Ball Arena. MacKinnon had a hat trick in that one; this time he settled for two goals and two assists, giving him a four-point performance. Scott Wedgewood stopped 23 shots. Gavin Brindley, who was playing the first time after sustaining a concussion against the Vegas Golden Knights, had a goal and an assist for Colorado. 

For MacKinnon, he’s up to 24 points tallied on the season, tied for first in the league with San Jose’s Macklin Celebrini. His 12 goals are also tied for first in the NHL with Montreal’s Cole Caufield. 

The Oilers’ lone tally came courtesy of Connor McDavid; beyond that, the night resembled a full-scale oil spill. The goaltending, in particular, was as shaky as ever. Stuart Skinner was yanked midway through the second period after surrendering four goals on 13 shots, and Calvin Pickard didn’t fare any better—if anything, he was worse—allowing five goals on 21 shots in relief. 

First Period 

The Oilers came out flying in the early stages and 4:23 into the period, Martin Necas tripped McDavid to put Edmonton on the power play. Colorado withstood the assault and killed the penalty. Six minutes into the game, Colorado was held shotless, but MacKinnon got room and broke free down the ice, but was tripped up by Darnell Nurse as he let go of a shot. As a result, Colorado got their chance on the man advantage. 

With four seconds left to go in the power play, Brindley was called for tripping Evan Bouchard, who appeared to trip over Brindley’s skate. On the very next play, Jack Roslovic made it 4-on-4 again after he earned an interference call after running over Parker Kelly. 

Makar snapped a wrister from the right circle, threading it over Skinner’s right shoulder to stake the Avalanche to a 1–0 lead. The sequence began with MacKinnon commandeering the puck along the left wing. Edmonton tried to smother him with a quick double team, but that was precisely the trap MacKinnon had set. By drawing both defenders out of position, he opened a seam to Devon Toews, who collected the puck in stride and slipped it across to Makar. The defenseman walked into space unhindered and uncorked a razor-sharp wrist shot to finish the play. 

Landeskog appeared to have added to the avalanche of offense, wiring home a one-timer off a crisp drop pass from Victor Olofsson in the slot. But for the second time this season, “The Captain” saw a goal erased, this one overturned after a coach’s challenge confirmed that Drury had slipped offside on the entry. 

Tensions simmered late in the frame. McDavid drew a high-sticking minor for catching Josh Manson under the visor with 3:15 left—no blood, so only two minutes. Seconds later, Jake Walman compounded Edmonton’s troubles by cross-checking Brindley into the boards, handing Colorado a 5-on-3 advantage. 

After a frenetic, chaotic opening twenty minutes, the Avalanche carried a 2–0 lead into the intermission. 

Second Period 

Brindley scored his second of the season just 2:37 into the period, and a little more than two minutes later, Drury added his own second of the night with a beautiful redirect off a Brent Burns slap shot from the point, stretching the lead to 4–0. 

The Oilers responded by pulling Skinner for former Av Pickard, but the switch made no difference. With 10:26 left in the frame, Kelly buried his third of the season after taking a pass from Brindley in the slot and faking Pickard out of his skates before sliding a backhander home to make it 5–0. 

Edmonton finally got on the board with 8:30 remaining, scoring just seven seconds into a power play after Josh Manson was called for cross-checking Mattias Ekholm. McDavid snapped a wrister from the left circle past Wedgewood on the short side to cut the deficit to 5–1. 

Colorado returned to the power play when Vasiliy Podkolzin was whistled for high-sticking Drury, and although the Avalanche generated plenty of pressure, Pickard held strong—at least for the moment. 

Landeskog later took a tripping penalty on Bouchard, but even that worked against Edmonton. Kelly struck again, scoring shorthanded on a breakaway to push the lead to 6–1 with 5:22 left in the period. 

Third Period 

The rout rolled on just 24 seconds into the final period when the Oilers mishandled the puck at the blue line, allowing MacKinnon to scoop up the loose puck and rip it past Pickard on a 2-on-1 rush, pushing the score to 7–1. 

MacKinnon later went to the box for roughing David Tomasek in front of the net. But the moment he stepped out of the penalty box, he jumped into the play, took a pass in stride, and snapped another shot past Pickard for his second of the night at 5:02. Colorado’s lead swelled to 8–1. 

The Avalanche earned a four-minute power play when Walman was called for hooking Victor Olofsson and then hit with an extra two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct after shouting something that didn’t sit well with the officials. Colorado couldn’t capitalize on the man advantage, but they scored anyway—Ross Colton found Drury in the slot, and he buried his second of the game. 

In summary, this was a beatdown. 

Next Game 

The Avalanche (9-1-5) have a quick turnaround as they take on the Vancouver Canucks (8-8) on Sunday, with puck drop set for 8 p.m. local time at Rogers Arena. 

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ST. LOUIS – It was deja vu all over again for the St. Louis Blues.

They thought they had a game won, until they didn’t, and then fell in heartbreak in overtime, against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night, falling 4-3 on a Shane Wright game-winner.

The Blues (5-8-3) were stunned on a Chandler Stephenson goal with 1.9 seconds left in regulation that needed league assistance for a potential goalie interference that wasn’t called before falling.

The Blues led 2-0 on goals by Dylan Holloway and Dalibor Dvorsky before Jordan Kyrou scored in the third period on his return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch Thursday that gave them a lead again.

Joel Hofer made 26 saves.

Let’s go right into Saturday’s observations, and we have some thoughts:

* The league truly doesn’t even know what goalie interference is – The subhead here speaks for itself. I don’t think the league has a clue what its own rule on this is, and that’s why the players, coaches, executives, anyone involved has no clue what goalie interference is.

When Chandler Stephenson scored from the high slot to tie the game 3-3 with – at the time – 0.5 seconds left in regulation, it momentarily stole a point away from the Blues, who know this feeling all too much going back to Game 7 of their first round playoff series.

But the pause on the ice was somewhat confusing, then officials made a call that there was a league-initiated challenge on the call.

Upon seeing multiple shots of the play, Seattle forward Jordan Eberle is by his own accord, in the crease, and his left skate sliding through the top of the crease, makes direct contact with Hofer’s stick, preventing him from having use of it along with his blocker.

Hofer got beat on that short side shot, and his stick and blocker were clearly impeded from using it.

The league review took some time, and I have no clue why it did, but when referee Gord Dwyer came back and confirmed it was a good goal, it left a building speechless. It left a team speechless and quite frankly, those that once again felt confused about a rule feeling even more convinced nobody knows what the rule is:

Make it make sense. #stlbluespic.twitter.com/pBVPQjRLF0

— Lou Korac (@lkorac10) November 9, 2025

“We were certain on the bench that we were going to win the game because the criteria for goalie interference is first the player has to be in the blue paint,” Montgomery said. “Then he has to impede the goalie from playing his position. His left skate hits our goalie's stick, and when he hits the goalie's stick, his arm has to come in. He cannot use his blocker because of Eberle's foot hitting his stick and turning his arm in. The puck goes in on the blocker's side. For us, it meets all the criteria for goalie interference. We understand we’ll get a ruling from the league on it, but for us, it meets all the criteria for goalie interference. If it was not, if this was at the five-minute mark, we would have challenged it. That’s how certain we were.”

Montgomery said they would get an explanation from the league, but it’ll be no more than this laughable reasoning:

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— Lou Korac (@lkorac10) November 9, 2025

When already told what it said, and asked how could they come to this conclusion, he said, “I don’t know. I do wonder if they have a goaltender, an ex-goalie in the room because our goalie coach and the goalie explanation to me, I’m not an ex-goalie, is that it does impede your ability to use your blocker.”

Here is the rule itself, Rule 69.3:

Hofer wasn’t certain of the rule, only saying, “I mean yeah, my stick got hit there. I just didn't know if the guy was in the crease or not. I saw on the jumbotron that he was, so I don't know what the rule is. I thought the rule was that if the guy was in the crease, then it's no goal or if he stops me from making the save. I don't know what their thought process was on that, but yeah, I'll leave it at that.”

Hofer was also told of what the league ruling was, and was confused.

“I mean, like, I don't know. If my stick is there, who knows if it hits my shaft, who knows if it hits my blocker,” he said. “I guess nobody knows. I thought the only ground rule was if he was in the crease and he did. Like I said, nobody knows, but you can't be making assumptions if it's going to hit me or not. Nobody knows.”

Hofer looked at the replay and like the bench, felt confident it would get overturned.

“I'd say I was over 50 percent that I was confident, but yet I was still trying to stay focused because nobody really knows nowadays,” Hofer said. “I feel like every other week there's something that there's always a debate on it. That's kind of how the rule is.”

And what makes this even more perplexing is that on Oct. 30, Montgomery and the Blues won a challenge against the Vancouver Canucks that negated what would have been an Evander Kane go-ahead goal with just over three minutes remaining in regulation that was wiped out by what wasn’t nearly as egregious as this one was:

This was a Goalie Interference game on 10/30 vs VAN. It was called No Goal. HOW DID THIS IMPEDE THE GOALIE BUT EBERLE DIDN’T!!!! #stlblueshttps://t.co/ja80bUEFE1pic.twitter.com/0yl95lqhka

— Alex Ferrario (@Ferrario101ESPN) November 9, 2025

“It looked like a similar play against Vancouver where the guy kind of took our goalie’s stick and they disallowed it,” Kyrou said. “I thought it was going to be no goal, but I guess not.”

It’s quite obvious players are as confused as anyone with the grayness of goalie interference calls, especially ones where a team is quite certain the call will go their way.

“A little bit. I don’t know the exact definition of the rule, but I’ve seen calls go the other way in that kind of situation,” Holloway said. “A foot in the crease takes away the stick, I feel like I’ve seen that called the other way before. It’s definitely a bit of a gray area and just unfortunate that we couldn’t get that call.”

* Blues never had puck in OT – When Stephenson won the opening face-off from Robert Thomas, the Kraken would never lose the puck again.

The Kraken would reload a couple times, but the Kraken would keep possession of the puck the entire 1:57 until Wright potted the game-winner and send the Blues home stunned:

“Definitely tough,” Holloway said. “I have faith in our group that we have good enough players, good enough forecheck that they can get the puck back. It’s tough not to start with it, but it’s just stuff to learn from.

* Failure to close a game out again, iced puck three times with chance to hit empty net – Regardless of how the goalie interference call came down, the bottom line is the Blues did not close the game out.

They had three chances (Hofer, Thomas and Nick Bjugstad) to hit the empty net, and Hofer was behind his and narrowly missed to the left with 2:06 remaining, but it was the first icing.

Then Thomas was on the defensive side of the red line but Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour got a piece of his opportunity with 1:49 remaining.

And Bjugstad spun and hurled a chance down the ice from three-quarters length of the ice that also missed the empty target with 1:31 remaining, also an icing.

“We iced the puck three times I believe and we had two opportunities to end the game at the red line,” Montgomery said. “It’s an open net. The game should be over.”

The third icing came off the stick of Philip Broberg that brought the face-off back into the Blues’ zone with 11.8 remaining.

Since it was an icing, the Blues could not change, and Bjugstad had to take the face-off against Stephenson, which he lost. Montour grabs the puck, skates down the lefthand side, slings a backhand through the crease, off the boards and back out towards the right point retrieved by Matty Beniers, who finds Stephenson in the high slot for the shot and score.

“Obviously a call didn’t go our way,” Holloway said. “We thought that Eberle’s skate took out ‘Hofe’s stick there. We thought that based on the rule, that could be goalie interference, but obviously the refs didn’t see it that way.

“As a group, we’ve got to bounce back from that. Can’t be giving up a goal that late in the game. That’s on all of us on the ice. We got into a habit of that last year, so we’ve got to clean that up.”

* Explain how and why players “take our foot off the gas” – This has got to be the most confusing and baffling comment of taking the foot off the gas.

The Blues were ahead 2-0 after the first and were in a good position. Then were completely outplayed in the second period that enabled the Kraken to tie it on goals by Ryker Evans at 8:28 and Eeli Tolvanen on the power play at 15:25.

The Blues were outshot 15-5 in the period and seemed to be chasing the puck most of the period, and when they had it, were quickly giving it right back.

“I think they played to the goal line and we turned the puck over way too much,” Montgomery said. “At the offensive blue line, we had 10 turnovers in the second period. That’s us not willing to work offensively for opportunities. They had better gaps than they had in the first period. They played better. We played into their hands. Got to get better from it.”

But when you ask players why a period or a segment of the game sequence got away, it should drive a coach nuts when he hears something similar to this:

“We kind of just took our foot off the gas,” Kyrou said. “I think in the first we were really skating and we were winning a lot of our puck battles. I think in the second, we kind of just stopped skating and we stopped competing a bit.”

Added Holloway, “First period, I thought we were good. Second period, we kind of took our foot off the gas a little bit. Third period, I thought we were playing stingy hockey and guys are battling and trying to get that two points. There’s a lot of good from that game, but also a lot of stuff we need to work on.”

So it begs the question, why on earth would you take your foot off the gas when you were working so hard and so well. It just makes no sense when players say that. Why would you want to allow a team to gain momentum and build back up when you had them down? It makes no sense, and this isn’t just picking on these two players; they just happen to be the latest to say it, but countless other players in that locker room and around the league have said the exact same thing.

* Kyrou’s response was good – Kyrou was going to be determined. You know in the back of his mind, he was upset with getting healthy-scratched.

He played 16:00 and led the Blues in shots (four) and attempts (six). His goal at 5:10 of the third period put the Blues ahead 3-2 and was holding out to be the game-winner until the end:

Not how we drew it up probably but good with us. #stlbluespic.twitter.com/CEerWVB7Um

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 9, 2025

“Just felt good to give our team the lead,” Kyrou said. “It’s tough we couldn’t pull that win out today.

“I’m just trying to do what I can to help my team win tonight. … I thought I was skating well. I thought I was competing. I thought I was attacking the net more.”

Kyrou played with Thomas and Brayden Schenn on Saturday.

“I thought he was great tonight,” Holloway said of Kyrou. “He possesses a skill ability that not a lot of guys have. He’s definitely a valuable guy in our room. It was great that he got that big goal for us there in the third. I like ‘Rouzy’ a lot as a player. I think he’s awesome. He bounced back in a good way.”

Kyrou had a similar response like Mathieu Joseph had Thursday in a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

“He led us in shots, he led us in shot attempts,” Montgomery said of Kyrou. “I thought he was skating well. I thought he responded with what could have been the game-winning goal.”

* Blues came out with some fire – The Blues played with pace and aggressiveness in the opening 20 minutes and gained a 1-0 lead on Holloway’s goal at 5:30 off a good read intercepting a pass in the slot of the offensive zone:

a pizza right down Main Street 😂😂😂 🍕🍕🍕 pic.twitter.com/FKGgrDSzcE

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 9, 2025

Then when Dvorsky tried hitting Jimmy Snuggerud for a redirection goal in front on the power play at 9:40, Dvorsky was credited with the goal after it caromed in off Adam Larsson’s stick:

🚨 ⬜️ ⬜️
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TIC-TAC-TOE-GOAL pic.twitter.com/BMOmwRezkM

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 9, 2025

“Good first, poor second, third was even,” Montgomery said. “We did some good things in the third. I thought from the eight-minute mark on, we didn’t really give them much. We had a chance to end the game with the (Alexey) Toropchenko chance to make it a two-goal game at the net front. It was a back-and-forth NHL game.”

* Hofer was sharp again – Regardless of the outcome, Hofer had himself another solid outing.

He was especially sharp to open the game and despite allowing two goals in the second, he kept the Blues tied in a period when they were outplayed by a wide margin.

It's the third straight strong start for Hofer, despite allowing four tonight.

“I've just got to find one extra save,” Hofer said. “We battled hard. Yeah, that one stings, thoug

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