Blues defeat Stars in overtime

DALLAS-- David Perron scored 1:55 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 win against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Tuesday.
Perron scored on a wraparound after Stars goalie Antti Niemi was caught out of position.
"I kind of go around Niemi there and I'm thinking I might be able to wrap it short side, and then to leave and go to the other side, it was a little bit risky," Perron said. "I'm glad it went in."

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The win came less than 24 hours after the Blues lost to Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in overtime at home.
"Yeah, I think those (past) losses were inexcusable, they were disappointing and they weren't us. I think this game meant a lot for our team," said Allen, who did not play Monday. "I can just tell by the way the guys feel after the game, and during the middle of the second period going into the third, it meant a lot, and being able to come out on top was really big."
Jake Allen made 36 saves for St. Louis (18-11-5). Dallas (13-14-7) is 1-7 in overtime.
Patrick Eaves gave Dallas a 1-0 lead on the power play at 7:04 of the first period. Eaves beat Allen with a wrist shot from the face-off circle after a pass from Jason Spezza.

St. Louis tied the game 1-1 at 11:15. Schwartz scored his 12th of the season after a shot by Paul Stastny deflected off the skate of Stars defenseman Johnny Oduya and caught Niemi out of position.
Dallas took a 2-1 lead at 18:36 of the second period when Spezza scored on a rebound. Jiri Hudler took the shot and got his second assist of the season.
Patrik Berglund tied the game at 2-2 53 seconds later on a backhand. The Stars challenged the play for goalie interference after Perron made contact with Niemi, but it was ruled Oduya pushed the Blues forward into the goalie.
"I saw a guy in the crease," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "I knew it was going to be a tough one, but I saw a guy in the crease and I just felt [Niemi] wasn't quite able to make the move to make that save. But I knew it was going to be a tough one."
Oduya hit the crossbar at 11:59 of the third period. Niemi made 19 saves.

Goal of the game

Perron scored his first NHL overtime goal, in his 604th game.

Save of the game

Allen lost his balance but recovered to make a diving save on Adam Cracknell at 13:54 of the second period. As Allen fell, he reached back and was able to smother the shot after Cracknell drove around a defender.

Highlight of the game

Berglund's goal was the quick response St. Louis needed after Dallas took a 2-1 lead. Berglund picked the corner with a backhand for his fifth goal of the season.

Unsung performance of the game

Allen made two saves on Spezza with eight seconds and four seconds remaining in the third period.

They said it

"It seems to be the story of our year, where a little bit of puck luck would have went our way. We hit a couple of posts and a crossbar, obviously had the better chances. We didn't give up a lot. Just besides the one play at the side of the net in the third period, we hadn't given up much, but until we start cashing in on some of our opportunities … . We let them hang around, and it hurt us." -- Stars coach Lindy Ruff
"This is one of these you chalk up, these are one of these travel games that you're hoping and praying that you're going to get points from. To collect two points is a good feeling, to get two points in a game like this … especially with the emotion of the game yesterday, is pretty good." -- Blues coach Ken Hitchcock

Need to know

Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo (illness) was scratched. … Stastny sustained an upper-body injury in the third period.

What's next

Blues: At the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; SUN, FS-MW, NHL.TV)
Stars: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Friday (8:30 p.m. ET; FS-W, FS-SW+, NHL.TV)