The St. Louis Blues rallied from a 1-0 deficit early in the third period to tie the game and then with 42 second left in the five-minute overtime period, Vladimir Tarasenko scored to give the Blues a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, Saturday night at Scottrade Center.
The win was just the Blues second in six games and Carter Hutton helped cool off a Columbus team that was rolling into St. Louis after a 10-0 win over Montreal on Friday night.
Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester blasted a shot past Columbus goalie Curtis McElhinney from the left dot at 2:16 of the third with his first goal since last February. Â Then in overtime, Tarasenko went around Brandon Saad and beat McElhinney from inside the circle.
Tarasenko’s wrister with 43 seconds on the clock in overtime broke his seven-game goal-scoring drought.
Carter Hutton stopped 20 shots for his second win of the season, helping the Blues improve to 4-1-1 at home this season and give them five wins in the last six meetings with the Blue Jackets at Scottrade Center.
