Blues rebound from 3-goal deficit, top playoff-bound Penguins

Jimmy Snuggerud had two goals and two assists to help the St. Louis Blues rally for a 7-5 win against the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Dylan Holloway had two goals and an assist, Logan Mailloux had a goal and an assist, Jake Neighbours had two assists and Jordan Binnington made 18 saves for the Blues (36-33-12, 84 points), who rallied from a three-goal deficit to win their third in a row.

Avery Hayes scored two goals, Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist and Kevin Hayes had two assists in the regular-season finale for Pittsburgh.

Stuart Skinner made 17 saves through two periods before Arturs Silovs made seven saves in the third for the Penguins (41-25-16, 98 points), who had already clinched second place in the Metropolitan Division.

Rutger McGroarty scored on a one-timer from the inside edge of the left circle off a faceoff win by Kevin Hayes to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 10:14 of the first period.

Avery Hayes forced a turnover at the St. Louis blue line and scored on a breakaway for a 2-0 lead at 16:40.

The Penguins forced another turnover as the Blues were trying to exit their zone and Mantha scored from the left hashmarks to make it 3-0 at 17:23.

St. Louis got on the scoreboard at 18:44 of the first when Snuggerud scored off a feed from below the goal line from Robert Thomas to cut it to 3-1.

Elmer Soderblom re-established a three-goal cushion when he got behind the defense and waited out Skinner as he dragged the puck in front and scored to make it 4-1 at 2:58 of the second.

The Blues answered with three straight goals in the period to tie it entering the third.

Oskar Sundqvist scored a rebound off a rush to make it 4-2 at 4:51.

Mailloux scored from the high slot to cut it to 4-3 at 10:37, and Snuggerud put in a rebound while on a power play to tie it at 15:49.

Holloway was left wide open in the slot and he gave the Blues their first lead, 5-4, at 4:11 of the third period.

Pavel Buchnevich scored on a breakaway 43 seconds later to make it 6-4, but Avery Hayes tallied his own rebound just after a power play expired to cut it to 6-5 at 12:20.

Holloway sealed it with an empty-net goal for a 7-5 lead with 1:43 left.

The Blues conclude their season on Thursday against the Utah Mammoth in Salt Lake City.

--Field Level Media