St. Louis Blues David Backes (42) his his head againist the ice after a check by the Ottawa Senators Chris Neil (25) in the first period of their game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on February 4, 2014. UPI/Rob Cornforth
Kyle Turris scored in the fifth round of the shootout to give the Ottawa Senators a come-from-behind 5-4 victory at Scottrade Center. Turris beat Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak with a wrist shot after Maxim Lapierre fired wide against Senators goalie Robin Lehner.
Ottawa scored three goals in a span of 2:35 in the third period to take a 4-3 lead. Jordan Leopold scored his first goal of the year less than three minutes after Jason Spezza gave the Sens their lead, to knot the game at 4-4 with 9:52 to play.
Spezza had a goal and two assists for the Senators, who were playing their third game in four nights. Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist, Mika Zibanejad had two assists and Milan Michalek and Turris each scored.
The Blues got shootout goals from T.J. Oshie and Alexander Steen, but failed on their final three opportunities. Oshie finished with a goal and an assist, Jaden Schwartz had two assists and Jaroslav Halak stopped 27 shots for St. Louis. Brenden Morrow, David Backes and Leopold scored for the Blues (37-12-6). It was their first loss to an Eastern Conference foe on home ice this season (9-0-1).
