Edmundson's late goal sends Blues past Ducks
ST. LOUIS -- Joel Edmundson scored the game-winner with 19 seconds left and Vladimir Tarasenko and Paul Stastny each had a goal and an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.
Ryan Reaves also scored for the Blues and goalie Jake Allen had 23 saves.
Rickard Rakell, Chris Wagner and Jakob Silfverberg scored for the Ducks. Goalie John Gibson had 31 saves.
Stastny gave the Blues a 3-2 lead just 25 seconds into the third period. It was his second goal in three games and the second time the Blues scored within the first 25 seconds of a period against the Ducks.
Silfverbrg tied the score with a power play goal nine minutes later. It was just the third power play goal for the Ducks in their last 15 games.
Edmundson's goal was just his second of the season and first since Jan. 5.
It took Tarasenko just 12 seconds to give the Blues a 1-0 lead. Tarasenko scored on a wrister from above the right circle, beating Gibson on the first shot he had seen in game action since Feb. 20.
It was the quickest the Blues have scored in a game this season. The previous mark was set Dec. 17 when forward Patrik Berglund scored 41 seconds in at Chicago.
Rakell tied the score with 8:01 left in the first period. The goal was initially disallowed after forward Corey Perry made incidental contact with Allen, but Anaheim successfully used its coach's challenge to reverse the call.
Wagner made it 2-1 late in the first period, finishing a give-and-go by tapping a Jared Boll pass into a wide-open net.
Reaves banged home a rebound off a Jaden Schwartz shot to tie it at 4:17 of the second period. It was Reaves' first goal since Jan. 24.
NOTES: Blues D Alex Pietrangelo collected his 229th career assist against the Ducks, tying Rob Ramage for third-most assists by a St. Louis defenseman. ... Ducks coach Randy Carlyle remains one victory shy of No. 400 in his NHL coaching career. ... The Blues scratched D Jordan Schmaltz, C Ivan Barbashev, F Nail Yakupov and F Zach Sanford. ... The Ducks scratched F Nick Ritchie, C Antoine Vermette and D Brandon Montour. ... The Blues host the New York Islanders on Saturday. The Ducks play at home against the Washington Capitals on Sunday.