St.Louis Blues roll past Columbus Blue Jackets in decisive win

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Columbus Blue Jackets 0, St.Louis Blues 4. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 25-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Blake Coleman opened the scoring for St.Louis Blues on the power play at 0:55, Blake Coleman extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 3:30, Mikael Backlund extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 18:44, and Viktor Arvidsson extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 19:20.

Dennis Hildeby was under siege with 21 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Columbus Blue Jackets went 0-for-1 while St.Louis Blues went 1-for-2.

St.Louis Blues owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Columbus Blue Jackets 0, St.Louis Blues 0. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 9-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

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

Dennis Hildeby was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, St.Louis Blues went 0-for-1.

St.Louis Blues owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Columbus Blue Jackets 1, St.Louis Blues 2. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 11-8, while Columbus Blue Jackets still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Blake Coleman extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 2:40, Pavel Dorofeyev cut the deficit for Columbus Blue Jackets at 13:46, and Mikael Backlund extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 14:04.

Dennis Hildeby was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.