Conor Garland tallies twice to help Canucks beat Blues

Conor Garland scored two goals to lead the visiting Vancouver Canucks past the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Monday.

Tyler Myers and Pius Suter each had a goal and an assist, J.T. Miller also scored and Quinn Hughes earned two assists for the Canucks, who won for just the fourth time in 12 games (4-6-2).

Kevin Lankinen made 24 saves and earned an assist for Vancouver.

Dylan Holloway and Colton Parayko scored for the Blues, who lost their third straight game while falling to 11-13-1 at home.

Jordan Binnington allowed three goals on 18 shots before Blues coach Jim Montgomery pulled him. Joel Hofer entered and stopped 10 of the 11 shots he faced.

The Canucks took a 1-0 with a two-on-one rush less than three minutes into the game. Hughes rushed up the left wing, then slid a pass to Garland breaking in from the right wing for the game's first goal.

Blues defenseman Tyler Tucker hammered a slap shot as Holloway bumped into Lankinen in the crease. When the resulting goal was nullified by a goaltender interference call, St. Louis unsuccessfully challenged the ruling.

That failure gave the Canucks a power play, which they converted into a 2-0 lead with 4:07 left in the first period. Brock Boeser's shot from the slot bled through Binnington, allowing Garland to reach in and swipe the puck into the net.

Vancouver made it 3-0 with a power-play goal at the 8:26 mark of the second period. The Canucks caught the Blues in a line change midway though the man advantage and Miller scored on a breakaway off Hughes' outlet pass. Lankinen was credited with the secondary assist.

The Blues answered with a power-play goal to cut their deficit to 3-1. Holloway blasted a shot from the left circle with teammate Jake Neighbours screening Lankinen.

St. Louis got another opportunity with a four-minute power play, but Suter scored a short-handed breakaway goal on Hofer to increase the Canucks' lead to 4-1 with 6:24 left in the middle period.

Parayko trimmed the deficit to 4-2 by cutting to the net and backhanding a pass that caromed off a defender into the net 4:22 into the third period.

Myers capped the scoring on an empty-net goal with 2:03 remaining.

--Field Level Media

Season Series
St. LouisStatsVancouver
2-1-0Vs1-0-2
10Goals11
12.5Shot %15.1
25.0Power Play %50.0
58.1Faceoff %41.9