St. Louis Blues at Vancouver Canucks

· National Hockey League

St. Louis Blues

2-1-0

Final
5 - 2

Vancouver Canucks

1-2-0

Snuggerud scores twice as Blues beat Canucks 5-2

St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks: Game Highlights

Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist, and Nick Bjugstad and Jake Neighbours also scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington stopped 29 shots as St. Louis won its second game in a row.

Kiefer Sherwood scored two goals for Vancouver, including a short-handed tally on a breakaway midway through the second period. Kevin Lankinen had 30 saves in his first start of the season.

Blues center Pius Suter made his return to Vancouver, where he playenud the last two seasons before signing with St. Louis as a free agent on July 2.

Snuggerud got the Blues on the scoreboard at 8:48 of the first period, and Schenn made it 2-0 at 2:10 of the second. Sherwood got the Canucks within one at 5:33.

Snuggerud scored a power-play goal 8:13 into the second period for the first score Vancouver has allowed on the penalty-kill this season. The Canucks were 9 for 9 over the first two games and went 2 for 3 against the Blues.

Sherwood scored short-handed with 7:48 remaining in the middle period for his second of the night and third of the season.

Bjugstad restored the Blues' two-goal lead 1:33 later with shot from inside the top of the faceoff circle.

Neighbours capped the scoring with an empty-netter with 2:13 remaining in the third.

Up next Blues: Host Chicago on Wednesday.

Canucks: Visit Dallas on Thursday to start a five-game road trip.

Regular Season Series

STL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:48	Jimmy Snuggerud Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Pius Suter (1), Mathieu Joseph (1)
Goal	2nd Period 2:10	Brayden Schenn Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jordan Kyrou (1), Philip Broberg (1)
Goal	2nd Period 5:33	Kiefer Sherwood Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Aatu Raty (1), Arshdeep Bains (2)
Goal	2nd Period 8:13	Jimmy Snuggerud Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Buchnevich (2), Brayden Schenn (1)
Goal	2nd Period 12:12	Kiefer Sherwood Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 13:45	Nick Bjugstad Goal (1) Deflected, assists: Nathan Walker (2), Alexandre Texier (1)
Goal	3rd Period 17:47	Jake Neighbours Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

STL		VAN
17	Blocked Shots	17
22	Hits	29
8	Takeaways	6
36	Shots	29
1	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	1
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	1
0	Shootout Goals	0
22	Faceoffs Won	24
47.8	Faceoff Win Percent	52.2
16	Giveaways	24
1	Total Penalties	3
2	Penalty Minutes	6