ST. LOUIS — The Blues turned what looked like it would be another installment of Frustration Theater into something that could leave them all feeling happy thanks to a spirited 135 seconds in the first period of their game with Vegas on Monday at Enterprise Center.
Down 2-0 less than seven minutes into the game, the Blues turned everything upside down, with three goals in 2:15. When the game was done, they had goals from some names who have been strangers to the goals column. Tyler Bozak and Niko Mikkola, playing just his third game of the season, had their first goals of the season. Ryan O’Reilly had his first goal in almost a month and Justin Faulk had his first goal since the second game of the season. Only a goal from Brandon Saad was business as usual in a 5-2 win over Vegas.
It was their second win in two meetings with the Golden Knights, expected to be a contender in the West this season but slowed by injuries and illness in the early going. The Blues will look for their first set of consecutive wins since their season-opening five-game win streak when they play at Detroit on Wednesday.
