Dylan Holloway scored twice, together with the tiebreaker with 7:41 left, because the visiting St. Louis Blues prolonged their profitable streak to eight video games with a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday.
St. Louis (39-28-7, 85 factors) tied it at 2-2 with 8:03 remaining, when a wide-open Cam Fowler drove the puck by Nashville netminder Juuse Saros (18 saves).
Lower than 30 seconds later, Holloway obtained to a unfastened puck within the slot, amid a bunch of Predators, and despatched a wrister previous Saros to offer the Blues their first lead of the night time and stun the house crowd.
Robert Thomas had two assists for the Blues, who managed simply 21 pictures on objective however held Nashville to 18.
The Blues have received eight in a row for the primary time since April 2022. St. Louis, amid a 15-2-2 stretch, additionally swept the four-game season collection by beating the Predators (27-37-8, 62 factors) for a 3rd time in 10 days.
Fedor Svechkov and Brady Skjei tallied first-period targets for Nashville, which has misplaced six of eight since profitable 4 straight. The Predators’ Jonathan Marchessault appeared to tie the competition with a objective simply earlier than the ultimate horn, however evaluation confirmed it got here after time expired.
For the primary time in 4 tries vs. St. Louis this season, Nashville opened the scoring. Simply 2:48 in, Michael Bunting, stationed behind the Blues’ internet, despatched a move into the excessive slot for Svechkov to wrist over the appropriate shoulder of St. Louis’ Joel Hofer (16 saves).
The Predators made it 2-0 with 9:44 remaining within the first. On the ability play, Skjei despatched the puck by visitors and previous Hofer.
St. Louis lastly obtained on the board with 9:25 left within the second. Off a Nashville turnover, Holloway’s drive went by the legs of the Predators’ Michael McCarron and simply by a late-reacting Saros.
Hofer has allowed 5 targets whereas profitable 4 straight begins for the Blues, who’ve received three consecutive on the highway.
–Discipline Stage Media
