Stephen Robinson heaped praise on his entire goalkeeping department for helping the Saints squeeze past Dundee.
The Buddies were well below par in their Scottish Cup fourth round tie but hung on to reach a penalty shoot-out.
Trevor Carson pulled off three superb stops to help the Paisley side sneak into the hat for the next round, with boss Robinson giving credit to his number one and St Mirren goalkeeping coach Jamie Langfield, who did his crucial homework on Dee’s penalty takers.