COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The coach and captain credited Chris Stewarts toughness for
turning the tide in the Blues favour.
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with David Backes scoring 22 seconds into overtime on a breakaway that completed
St. Louis rally from a two-goal deficit for a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue
Jackets on Saturday night. St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said Backes goal was
nice, but they never would have gotten there without Stewart. "Chris Stewart
showed a lot of guts and courage," Hitchcock said. "He got into a hell of a
fight. His hand was sore. He ends up scoring the tying goal. He gave us a real
inspiration." Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, and after a bout with
Dalton Prout late in the second period, Stewart tied it with 6:27 remaining for
St. Louis. The Blues entered tied for the fewest regulation losses in the league
with six, and have now won three straight and four of five. Brenden Morrow added
two assists and Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves. "Stewie coming back after a big
fight to score the tying goal, shows a lot of what hes about," said Backes, the
captain. On the winner, Columbus lost the puck at its blue line. Backes took it,
fended off Fedor Tyutin on a delayed penalty call then deked Mike McKenna,
calmly scoring with a high shot. "I didnt get a very good read on where his
hands were going with the puck," said McKenna, who finished with 27 saves. "Its
frustrating. We were right there and played well enough to get a win tonight."
Backes said it served as a little bit of redemption for a team performance that
was not very good. "I just tried to take it to the net and found a little bit of
area there and was lucky to get it through," Backes said of his 16th. Tyutin,
Artem Anisimov and Ryan Johansen scored for Columbus, which came out flying to
take a 3-1 lead after the first period. It was a tough loss for the Blue
Jackets, who had won four of five, jelling around their backup goalies with last
seasons Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovksy on the shelf. Third stringer and
St. Louis native McKenna was back in net for the second straight game, making
his first start since 2010 while playing for New Jersey, which was also against
the Blues. On Thursday, in a 4-2 win at the New York Rangers, he stopped 17 of
18 shots in relief of an injured Curtis McElhinney. But in this one, the Blue
Jackets and McKenna couldnt hold down the fort. "We had opportunities and that
might be the most disappointing thing," said Columbus coach Todd Richards, who
lost his first game (36-1) when leading after two periods since taking over in
2009. "I think we played hard for 60 plus minutes and it wasnt good enough. We
had opportunities to put the game away and we kept them around." Trailing 3-2 to
start the third period, St. Louis pulled even after Nick Foligno and
Mark Letestu couldnt convert on breakaway chances. Seconds after Letestu fired
high into the glass, a rebound off McKenna into traffic found Stewart down low.
He wasted no time converting his seventh at 13:33. Tarasenko staked St. Louis to
the early lead. Catching a fortuitous carom off Prout and with McKenna leaning
toward the initial play, he scored from the slot at 4:10 of the first period on
the Blues second shot. Columbus answered with three goals in just under five
minutes. Blake Comeau powered his way around Kevin Shattenkirk and slid a short
pass to near the crease where Anisimov chipped home his ninth at 8:49. Tyutin
followed two minutes later with a blast from the point for his third after a
hard Blue Jackets forecheck led to a St. Louis turnover. "Not our first period
that we like to play," Backes said. "We had to dig deep and get two points
somehow." Then things heated up after the whistle with Columbus on the power
play. Matt Calvert fought Ian Cole near the Blues goal while Barret Jackman and
Folingo squared off. Cole took an extra roughing penalty giving the Blue Jackets
a two-man advantage. Johansen cashed in 8 seconds later at the left dot, taking
Brandon Dubinskys feed across the circles, and firing the puck past Halak for
his team-leading 12th goal. St. Louis pressed the issue early in the second
period but McKenna made several nice saves, including one with his leg pad on
Vladimir Sobotka. Tarasenko finally broke through for St. Louis, notching his
second and 11th of the season, snapping a screened shot from the left circle on
the power play at 8:33. The teams had a combined eight minor penalties in the
period with St. Louis whistled for five of them. Halak stoned Foligno from
point-blank range late in the period with the Blue Jackets on another two-man
advantage. "We had good early and then bad for a long stretch and then we
started to come on again," Hitchcock said. "Every part of our game we had lots
of good and bad throughout the hockey game." NOTES: Richards said injured F
Marian Gaborik (sprained knee) and D James Wisniewski (upper body) may return
next week. RW Nathan Horton continues to progress in his rehab after having
shoulder surgery in July. ... The Blue Jackets added Jeremy Smith to their
roster on emergency recall from their AHL affiliate to be McKennas back up. ...
McKenna, who played for St. Louis AHL affiliate last season, has played in 19
games in the NHL with New Jersey, Tampa Bay and Columbus, going 5-9-2. His
father is an off-ice official and scorer for the Blues. ... Johansen extended
his career-high points streak to eight games, totalling four goals and six
assists. ... St. Louis improved to 11-3 versus the Eastern Conference this
season. ... The Blue Jackets had won four in a row at home.
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