Jimmy Snuggerud scored the winning goal in the third period and added an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday at Enterprise Center.
Detroit opened the scoring late in the first period when Andrew Copp tipped in a feed from Ben Chiarot and Lucas Raymond with 13 seconds remaining before the intermission. The Blues responded quickly in the middle frame, striking twice in the opening three minutes. Pius Suter evened the score 37 seconds into the period on a snap shot assisted by Alexey Toropchenko and Brandon Carlo. Justin Barron then gave St. Louis a 2-1 lead at 2:34 with a snap shot set up by Robert Thomas and Snuggerud.
The Blues expanded their lead to 3-1 at 15:58 of the third period when Snuggerud deflected a shot into the net off assists from Dylan Holloway and Thomas. Detroit pulled within one late in regulation as Moritz Seider scored his first goal of the season on a slap shot at 18:46 with assists from Raymond and Copp, but the Red Wings could not find the tying goal before time expired.
Joel Hofer earned the win for the Blues, stopping 30 of 32 shots on goal. John Gibson took the loss for Detroit after making 30 saves on 33 shots. Neither team generated offense on the power play, with St. Louis finishing 0-for-1 and Detroit going 0-for-1.
The victory moved the Blues to an 8-8-2 record on the season while completing a two-game sweep of their regular-season meetings against Detroit. The Red Wings fell to 7-9-3 and extended their winless streak to four games (0-4-0).
Both teams return to the ice on Thursday. The Red Wings visit the Florida Panthers, while the Blues travel to visit the Utah Mammoth.
