Brayden Schenn scored with a wrist shot 2:53 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 victory against the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon at TD Garden.
St. Louis struck first at 6:25 of the opening period when Radek Faksa scored his second goal of the season on a snap shot, set up by Scott Perunovich and Alexey Toropchenko. Boston answered later in the frame with two goals from Trent Frederic. Frederic tied the game at 9:34 on a wrist shot assisted by Georgii Merkulov and Charlie McAvoy, then tipped in a pass from Mason Lohrei at 12:12 to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
After a scoreless second period, the Blues evened the score at 9:18 of the third period. Nathan Walker beat Boston goaltender Joonas Korpisalo with a wrist shot off assists from Faksa and Toropchenko. In the extra period, Schenn converted a feed from Colton Parayko to end the contest.
Jordan Binnington stopped 16 of 18 shots to earn the win in goal for St. Louis. Korpisalo made 28 saves on 31 shots in the overtime loss as the Blues outshot Boston 31-18. Neither team converted with the man advantage, as St. Louis finished 0-for-2 on the power play and Boston went 0-for-1.
The victory moved the Blues to an 8-9-1 record on the season and split the two-game regular-season series with Boston, following a 3-2 Bruins win on November 12. Boston moved to 8-8-3 and extended its winless run to two games (0-1-1).
