BLUES Tyler Bozak scored in the second period but it was Jaden Schwartz who finished a 3-on-0 break with 1:32 left in overtime to lift the Blues to a 2-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
"You don't really get a lot of 3-on-0 practices," Schwartz said after the game. "You just don't want to miss when you have that much time. It was kind of crazy how it worked out. I just got it off. I knew the goalie didn't know what to do because there was so many of us, and (my linemates) both made a good play of selling it a little bit, and then I was just in the right place at the right time."
The Blues have won five straight games - including three straight in overtime - and are 7-1-0 in their last eight.
OILERS Connor McDavid and Gaeten Haas scored for the Oilers on Monday, but the Arizona Coyotes took a 3-2 overtime victory at Rogers Place.
The loss was the Oilers' first in three games, dropping Edmonton to 10-4-2 on the season.
"We weren't great for the first half of the game," McDavid told NHL.com. "In the second half, we found our rhythm, played fast, played with a little energy and got pucks to the net. I thought we were pretty good."
HEAD-TO-HEAD The Blues went 2-0-1 against the Oilers last season. In the last matchup, Schwartz recorded his fourth career regular-season hat trick.
The Blues have points in six of their last eight games against the Oilers and are 8-3-0 in their last 11 trips to Edmonton.
