St. Louis 4, Dallas 1
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Referees:
Garrett Rank, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen:
Dan Kelly, Mitch Hunt
Attendance:
18012
By Field Level Media
Justin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal in his first game out of COVID-19 protocol to lead the visiting St. Louis Blues past the Dallas Stars 4-1 Tuesday night.
Colton Parayko, Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for the Blues, who snapped their six-game road winless streak. Overall they have earned points in nine of their last 10 games while going 6-1-3.
Charlie Lindgren made 33 saves to earn the victory.
The Stars' Riley Damiani scored a goal in his NHL debut and Jake Oettinger made 24 saves for the Stars, who lost their fourth straight game and saw their eight-game home winning streak end.
The two teams will play again Friday night in St. Louis.
The Blues nearly scored first when Alexei Toropchenko fired a shot off the crossbar and Matthew Peca directed the rebound into the net with his skate in the first period.
The on-ice officials waved off the goal as a kick, but a video review reversed the call and Peca was awarded the goal. Then the Stars challenged it for being offside -- and the video review upheld that challenge and negated the goal.
The Stars broke the scoreless tie with 4:03 left in the second period when Dallas pinned the Blues in their own zone and generated several scoring chances.
Damiani capped the flurry by cutting in from the left circle to bury John Klingberg's cross-crease pass from the right wing.
The Blues tied the game just 66 seconds later. Pavel Buchnevich fired a shot on goal, Tarasenko threw the rebound toward the net and Parayko came from behind the net to convert it.
At 2:07 of the third period, Faulk fired a shot from atop the right circle that deflected past Oettinger.
The Blues pushed their lead to 3-1 by cashing in on a four-minute power play. O'Reilly crashed the net and pushed in a rebound with one hand on his stick.
Tarasenko scored a power-play goal with 1:17 left to ice the game.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
St. Louis |
|
Dallas |
Vladimir Tarasenko 3 |
Points |
Riley Damiani 1 |
Vladimir Tarasenko 1 |
Goals |
Riley Damiani 1 |
Vladimir Tarasenko 2 |
Assists |
John Klingberg 1 |
Vladimir Tarasenko 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Charlie Lindgren .971 |
Save Percentage |
Jake Oettinger .862 |
Charlie Lindgren 33 |
Saves |
Jake Oettinger 25 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
St. Louis
|
29 |
4 |
2-5 |
1-1 |
2 |
31 |
Dallas
|
34 |
1 |
0-1 |
3-5 |
10 |
24 |
Upcoming Games
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Dallas will play their next game on the road against St. Louis. The Stars have a W/L % of .615 after a win and .385 after a loss.
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St. Louis will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Blues have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .615 after a loss.