The St. Louis Blues overcame an early two-goal deficit to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Saturday at Enterprise Center, powered by a multi-goal performance from Jimmy Snuggerud and three assists by Dylan Holloway.
Columbus built an early lead in the first period. Valeri Nichushkin opened the scoring at 16:10 with a deflected shot for his first goal of the season, assisted by Sean Monahan and Erik Gudbranson. Kent Johnson extended the edge to 2-0 with a wrist shot at 19:48, with assists credited to Adam Fantilli and Zach Werenski.
St. Louis shifted the game with three unanswered goals in the second period. Jake Neighbours got the Blues on the board at 6:10 with his first goal of the season, assisted by Justin Barron and Holloway. Snuggerud then deflected in a feed from Philip Broberg and Holloway at 9:02 to tie the game before converting a wrist shot off passes from Robert Thomas and Holloway at 12:32 to put St. Louis ahead 3-2.
Cole Sillinger brought Columbus level at 6:51 of the third period with a wrist shot set up by Charlie Coyle and Carson Soucy. Jonatan Berggren answered at 9:33, scoring the go-ahead goal on a wrist shot assisted by Mason McTavish and Colton Parayko for his first tally of the campaign. Pavel Buchnevich secured the victory at 19:17 by sliding an unassisted wrist shot into an empty net for his first goal of the year.
Jordan Binnington earned the win for St. Louis by stopping 20 of 23 shots, while Columbus goaltender Jet Greaves took the loss after turning aside 22 of 26 shots. Neither team converted with the man advantage, as the Blue Jackets finished 0 for 1 and the Blues went 0 for 1 on their lone power-play opportunity.
The result moved the Blues to a 2-2-1 regular-season record, while the Blue Jackets moved to 2-2-0. Holloway concluded the evening with a three-point performance, all coming on assists.
Columbus visits the Minnesota Wild on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 6:00 PM ET. St. Louis hosts the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 8:00 PM ET.
