St. Louis Blues at Vancouver Canucks
· National Hockey League
Snuggerud scores twice as Blues beat Canucks 5-2
Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist, and Nick Bjugstad and Jake Neighbours also scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington stopped 29 shots as St. Louis won its second game in a row.
Kiefer Sherwood scored two goals for Vancouver, including a short-handed tally on a breakaway midway through the second period. Kevin Lankinen had 30 saves in his first start of the season.
Blues center Pius Suter made his return to Vancouver, where he playenud the last two seasons before signing with St. Louis as a free agent on July 2.
Snuggerud got the Blues on the scoreboard at 8:48 of the first period, and Schenn made it 2-0 at 2:10 of the second. Sherwood got the Canucks within one at 5:33.
Snuggerud scored a power-play goal 8:13 into the second period for the first score Vancouver has allowed on the penalty-kill this season. The Canucks were 9 for 9 over the first two games and went 2 for 3 against the Blues.
Sherwood scored short-handed with 7:48 remaining in the middle period for his second of the night and third of the season.
Bjugstad restored the Blues' two-goal lead 1:33 later with shot from inside the top of the faceoff circle.
Neighbours capped the scoring with an empty-netter with 2:13 remaining in the third.
Canucks: Visit Dallas on Thursday to start a five-game road trip.
Regular Season SeriesSTL leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 8:48 | Jimmy Snuggerud Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Pius Suter (1), Mathieu Joseph (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 2:10 | Brayden Schenn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jordan Kyrou (1), Philip Broberg (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 5:33 | Kiefer Sherwood Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Aatu Raty (1), Arshdeep Bains (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 8:13 | Jimmy Snuggerud Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (2), Brayden Schenn (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 12:12 | Kiefer Sherwood Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 2nd Period 13:45 | Nick Bjugstad Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Nathan Walker (2), Alexandre Texier (1) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 17:47 | Jake Neighbours Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none |
Statistics
 STL |
 VAN |
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|---|---|---|
| 17 | Blocked Shots | 17 |
| 22 | Hits | 29 |
| 8 | Takeaways | 6 |
| 36 | Shots | 29 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 1 |
| 33.3 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 22 | Faceoffs Won | 24 |
| 47.8 | Faceoff Win Percent | 52.2 |
| 16 | Giveaways | 24 |
| 1 | Total Penalties | 3 |
| 2 | Penalty Minutes | 6 |
Vancouver Canucks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Elias Pettersson, C | Injured Reserve | Dec 14 |
| Teddy Blueger, C | Injured Reserve | Dec 8 |
| Filip Chytil, C | Injured Reserve | Dec 6 |
| Derek Forbort, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 28 |
St. Louis Blues Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Bjugstad, C | Injured Reserve | Dec 16 |
| Dylan Holloway, LW | Injured Reserve | Dec 15 |
| Jordan Kyrou, RW | Injured Reserve | Dec 10 |
| Jimmy Snuggerud, RW | Injured Reserve | Dec 1 |
| Zach Dean, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
