Blues 3, Blackhawks 2
CHICAGO -- Jaden Schwartz scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period, and the St. Louis Blues held on for a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday afternoon.
Colton Parayko and Patrik Berglund also scored for the Blues, who erased a one-goal deficit with back-to-back goals in the third period. St. Louis seized a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal.
Brent Seabrook and Artem Anisimov scored for the Blackhawks. A four-minute high-sticking penalty by Patrick Kane preceded the Blues' game-winning goal on the man advantage.
St. Louis goaltender Brian Elliott stopped 44 of 46 shots to earn the victory.
Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford turned aside 33 of 36 shots.
Schwartz scored on the power play to give St. Louis a 3-2 lead with 6:38 to go in the third period. Vladimir Tarasenko fed a pass to David Backes, who immediately tapped a pass to Schwartz in the low slot. Schwartz snapped a low shot past Crawford's left leg pad for the goal.
Chicago opened the scoring 2:18 into the first period on a power-play goal by Seabrook. Center Jonathan Toews won a faceoff in the offensive zone and fed a pass to Seabrook moments later. Seabrook fired a slap shot through traffic as left winger Andrew Ladd set a screen in front of the net.
St. Louis evened the score at 1 on a power-play goal by Parayko with 7:49 to go in the first period. Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo zipped a pass to Parayko, who blasted a one-timer from the top of the left circle for his first career playoff goal.
Anismov put Chicago back on top 2-1 during four-on-four play with 18:56 left in the second period. Left winger Artemi Panarin pried the puck loose along the boards and slipped a backhand pass to Anisimov in front of the net. Anisimov botched the one-timer but made enough contact to send a fluttering puck past Elliott for his first goal of the series.
Berglund scored as St. Louis pulled even at 2 with 14:45 remaining in the third period. Berglund carried the puck across the blue line and released a low wrist shot. The puck deflected off the leg of Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival and skipped into the net before Crawford could react.
NOTES: Blues C Steve Ott returned to the lineup for his first time since Dec. 5. Ott, 33, missed more than four months after undergoing surgery on both of his hamstrings in December and battling colitis earlier this month. ... Blackhawks RW Dale Weise appeared in his first playoff game with Chicago after sitting out the first two games of the series as a healthy scratch. Weise, 27, appeared in 34 playoff games with the Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens in the previous four seasons. ... Blues RW Ryan Reaves was a healthy scratch after playing in the first two games of the series. ... Blackhawks LW Andrew Desjardins was a healthy scratch for the first time during the series. ... Blues RW Dmitrij Jaskin and LW Magnus Paajarvi were healthy scratches for the third consecutive game.