ST. LOUIS — When the Blues lost to the Penguins in January, they let a two-goal lead disappear, got outscored in the third period 3-0 and got thoroughly outplayed for most of the game.
“Tonight’s a chance to respond and show them our best effort and make it a lot harder on them,” Blues captain Ryan O’Reilly said Thursday morning.
The Penguins still dominated for long stretches on Thursday night, outshooting them almost 2-1 in regulation and the play of goalie Ville Husso kept the score close long enough for the Blues to get even from a two-goal deficit and send the game to overtime for a surprising point. Overtime has not been good to the Blues this season, Torey Krug had two good scoring chances in the extra period, one that hit the post, another that was blocked, and the game went to a shootout, where the Penguins’ Bryan Rust scored in the fourth round to give the Blues a 3-2 loss before a sellout crowd at Enterprise Center.
