Saved at the buzzer
The clock hit zero with Emmitt Finnie jamming at the puck in Joel Hofer’s crease. Hofer kept it out. That was the night for the St. Louis Blues, who beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 at home and ended a three-game skid that had produced a single point.
It got tense late. Moritz Seider, pressing with John Gibson pulled for the extra skater, wound up from above the high slot and beat Hofer with a one-timer with 1:14 left. His first goal of the season. Detroit kept coming. Hofer finished with 30 saves and the last one was the one that mattered.
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Snuggerud, Suter and Barron
Detroit actually led first. Andrew Copp tipped in a Ben Chiarot shot from the left point with 13 seconds left in the opening period. The lead lasted 37 seconds of the second. Pius Suter tied it from the bottom of the left circle, a goal that doubled as the 100th of his NHL career and his 200th point.
Justin Barron put St. Louis in front 1:57 later, sliding a shot through Gibson’s pads off the rush. The Blues owned that period, outshooting Detroit 15-6, and only Gibson kept it close. He made 30 saves too. Then he spilled a rebound with 4:02 to go and Jimmy Snuggerud was there. Tenth goal of the year for Snuggerud, who also had an assist. Robert Thomas set up two.
Detroit’s skid deepens
Four losses in a row now for the Red Wings, and five in six. Copp had a goal and an assist, Lucas Raymond two helpers. Not enough.
There was some good news on the injury front. Marco Kasper, hurt in the season opener, and Mason Appleton, injured in game two, both returned. Justin Faulk played his first game back in St. Louis since the Blues dealt him to Detroit at last season’s trade deadline. On the other side, defenseman Logan Mailloux made his first appearance of the campaign after hand surgery in late September.
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