Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis Blues
· WEST 1st ROUND - GAME 24 - 3
Canucks beat Blues 4-3 in OT to take 2-0 series lead
Horvat took a stretch pass from Quinn Hughes and chipped the puck through Jordan Binnington's legs.
"I'm feeling pretty good about my game, but the most important thing is it takes an entire team to win a hockey game, and we're pretty solid right now from our goaltending all the way up," Horvat said. "We're playing some pretty good hockey right now. We've got to keep it going."
Game 3 of the best-of seven series is Sunday.
St. Louis overcame a 3-1 deficit in the third period to tie it, with Jaden Schwartz tying it with eight seconds left. With Binnington pulled for the extra attacker, Alex Pietrangelo shot the puck from the point, and it was redirected past Markstrom. It was initially waved off as a high stick but ruled a goal on review. David Perron was initially credited with the goal.
"Some people would say that it could help that there are no fans in the stands for that, because if you're the home team and you score a late goal that building erupts," Vancouver's Tanner Pearson said. "We regrouped in the room (before overtime) and came out strong and finished it off."
Horvat opened the scoring in the first with an end-to-end, short-handed rush. Wheeling and picking up speed in his own faceoff circle, Horvat hit high gear through the neutral zone, blew past Brayden Schenn, turned Jaden Schwartz inside out and fired a wrist shot low past Binnington's blocker.
Horvat also scored twice in the opener and has six goals in the postseason.
"We've just got to be harder on him one on one, simple as that," Pietrangelo said. "He's a strong player, gets up the ice well ... We've just got to find a way to take away his space. We all know that. It's going to be a collective effort."
Pearson and Elias Pettersson also scored for Vancouver, and Markstrom made 34 stops. Ryan O'Reilly and Sammy Blais added goals for the Blues, and Binnington turned back 21 shots.
Pearson made it 2-0 on a power-play midway through the second, and O'Reilly countered on another power play late in the period. Pettersson connected in a power play early in the third, and Blais made it a one-goal game with 10:58 to go.
Game notes
In the third period, Schenn hit Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers from behind. Meyers fell awkwardly head-first into the boards, stayed down for a few minutes and went to the dressing room under his own power. ... Vancouver was 2 of 3 on the power play. St. Louis was 1 of 6.
VAN wins series 2-1
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 7:23 | |
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Goal | 2nd Period 13:01 | |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:56 | |
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Goal | 3rd Period 5:36 | |
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Goal | 3rd Period 9:02 | |
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Goal | 3rd Period 19:53 | |
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Goal | 4th Period 5:55 |
Statistics
VAN |
STL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Blocked Shots | 13 |
| 27 | Hits | 41 |
| 9 | Takeaways | 6 |
| 25 | Shots | 37 |
| 2 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 6 |
| 66.7 | Power Play Percentage | 16.7 |
| 1 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 41 | Faceoffs Won | 32 |
| 56.2 | Faceoff Win Percent | 43.8 |
| 13 | Giveaways | 15 |
| 8 | Total Penalties | 5 |
| 19 | Penalty Minutes | 13 |
St. Louis Blues Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Kyrou, RW | Out | Apr 23 |
Vancouver Canucks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Nils Hoglander, LW | Out | May 6 |
| Evander Kane, LW | Out | Apr 14 |
| Thatcher Demko, G | Injured Reserve | Mar 3 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki, RW | Out | Feb 27 |
| Filip Chytil, C | Injured Reserve | Feb 25 |
Game Information
Rogers Place
Location: Edmonton, AB
Capacity:
Location: Edmonton, AB
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2025-26 Pacific Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/vgk.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vegas | 39 | 26 | 95 | 17 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Edmonton | 41 | 30 | 93 | 11 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ana.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Anaheim | 43 | 33 | 92 | 6 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Los Angeles | 35 | 27 | 90 | 20 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">San Jose | 39 | 35 | 86 | 8 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sea.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Seattle | 34 | 37 | 79 | 11 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cgy.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Calgary | 34 | 39 | 77 | 9 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/van.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vancouver | 25 | 49 | 58 | 8 |
2025-26 Central Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/col.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Colorado | 55 | 16 | 121 | 11 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/dal.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Dallas | 50 | 20 | 112 | 12 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/min.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Minnesota | 46 | 24 | 104 | 12 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/uta.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Utah | 43 | 33 | 92 | 6 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/stl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">St. Louis | 37 | 33 | 86 | 12 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nsh.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Nashville | 38 | 34 | 86 | 10 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wpg.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Winnipeg | 35 | 35 | 82 | 12 |
| <img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/chi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Chicago | 29 | 39 | 72 | 14 |




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