After a 2-2 first period, the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Blues — uh, make that Red Wings — stayed that way through a scoreless second, scoreless third and overtime.
The regular quota of three rounds in a shootout wasn't enough either. But finally Lucas Raymond won it in the fourth round for Detroit, proving Joel Hofer — making his third consecutive start — is human after all.
The 3-2 Detroit victory left the Blues with points in three consecutive games and a season record of 32-33-6. They got rare goals from defensemen Robert Bortuzzo and Marco Scandella, but nothing from their forwards.
