Jacob Markstrom made his 23rd save with his glove at one end and started the winning rush by playing the puck instead of holding it. At the other end, Daniel Sedin skated in alone inside the bottom of the left faceoff circle before passing across to Henrik for a shot just inside the post past goalie Jake Allen.
Allen made 24 saves, and Vladimir Tarasenko scored his fourth goal midway through the second period for the Blues, who failed in their bid to start a season with four straight wins for the second time in their history. It's just the second time the Blues have had a point in four games to start a season.
* Tarasenko handcuffed Markstrom with a wrist shot under his glove from the right faceoff circle for his fourth goal and sixth point.
"Every time the puck is in his hands, he's dangerous." Pietrangelo said of Tarasenko.
* Allen was good, and lucky, early in the second period, denying Henrik and Daniel Sedin on great chances but getting a break when Horvat and Markus Granlund hit the post two minutes apart.
* It was a surprise start for Markstrom after No. 1 goalie Ryan Miller said he was "tight" when he arrived at the rink. Coach Willie Desjardins said he expects Miller to skate Wednesday, but in the meantime, the Canucks signed University of British Columbia goalie Matt Hewitt to an amateur tryout contract as the emergency backup against the Blues. … St. Louis centers Jori Lehtera and Kyle Brodziak each sustained an upper-body injury against the New York Rangers on Saturday, so Alexander Steen dropped from right wing on the top line to center on the second.
Allen made 24 saves, and Vladimir Tarasenko scored his fourth goal midway through the second period for the Blues, who failed in their bid to start a season with four straight wins for the second time in their history. It's just the second time the Blues have had a point in four games to start a season.
* Tarasenko handcuffed Markstrom with a wrist shot under his glove from the right faceoff circle for his fourth goal and sixth point.
"Every time the puck is in his hands, he's dangerous." Pietrangelo said of Tarasenko.
* Canucks right wing Loui Eriksson appeared to have an empty net on a power play in the first period when the puck bounced to him at the left edge of the crease with Allen moving the other way. But Allen hung his right pad and got the toe on Eriksson's backhand swipe.
* After gloving down Pietrangelo's slap shot in overtime, Markstrom quickly skated to the other side of his crease and dropped it to start the rush that led to the winning goal.
"(In) 3-on-3 (overtime), you really want the puck, that's huge. They were really tired too, so they couldn't really forecheck on me." Markstrom said.
"(In) 3-on-3 (overtime), you really want the puck, that's huge. They were really tired too, so they couldn't really forecheck on me." Markstrom said.
* It was a surprise start for Markstrom after No. 1 goalie Ryan Miller said he was "tight" when he arrived at the rink. Coach Willie Desjardins said he expects Miller to skate Wednesday, but in the meantime, the Canucks signed University of British Columbia goalie Matt Hewitt to an amateur tryout contract as the emergency backup against the Blues. … St. Louis centers Jori Lehtera and Kyle Brodziak each sustained an upper-body injury against the New York Rangers on Saturday, so Alexander Steen dropped from right wing on the top line to center on the second.
Ken Hitchcock: "The puck was on our stick three times when we gave up the goal. If we would have skated with it three times, it's out. But we just shoveled it and made it someone else's problem. It ended up in the back of our net."
Alex Pietrangelo: "It's tough at the end to give one up like that. We sat back. We had some good energy, then we started to sit back. We just didn't execute at the end of the third like we had to. We got a point out of it. So far it's a point in every game."
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