St.Louis Blues take measure of Detroit Red Wings

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — St.Louis Blues 3, Detroit Red Wings 1. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 14-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Filip Forsberg opened the scoring for St.Louis Blues at 1:55, Mikael Backlund extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 6:02, Anze Kopitar extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 8:34, tempers flared at 12:14 with Jeremy Lauzon winning a scrap, and Artemi Panarin cut the deficit for Detroit Red Wings on the power play at 12:28.

Alex Nedeljkovic was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Detroit Red Wings went 1-for-1.

Detroit Red Wings owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — St.Louis Blues 0, Detroit Red Wings 0. Detroit Red Wings edged the shot clock 13-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Juuse Saros was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Detroit Red Wings went 0-for-1.

Detroit Red Wings owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — St.Louis Blues 1, Detroit Red Wings 1. Detroit Red Wings edged the shot clock 14-13, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Blake Coleman extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 0:38, then Beckett Sennecke cut the deficit for Detroit Red Wings at 17:57.

Alex Nedeljkovic was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, St.Louis Blues went 0-for-1 while Detroit Red Wings went 0-for-2.

Detroit Red Wings owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.