St. Louis Blues at Toronto Maple Leafs

Brayden Schenn lifts Blues past Maple Leafs, 6-5 in SO

Schenn put away the winner in the tiebreaker after Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich scored on Maple Leafs goalie Ilya Samsonov.

Brandon Saad scored twice, including one short-handed, to help undermanned St. Louis get to 18-17-3. Jordan Kyrou and Josh Leivo also scored, and Jordan Binnington made 20 saves.

“We did some good things offensively,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “Couple power-play goals and short-handed, so special teams were a big factor tonight, for sure. I thought we played pretty solid for two periods and it still was a tight game.”

St. Louis put star forward Vladimir Tarasenko (hand) and captain Ryan O’Reilly (broken foot) on injured reserve Monday.

Michael Bunting scored twice, including on a power play, for Toronto. Pierre Engvall, William Nylander and Auston Matthews added goals and Samsonov stopped 27 shots as the Maple Leafs fell to 23-8-7. Matthews also assisted on Nylander’s goal, finishing the game with 501 career points.

“We were a little sloppy in the second period and they got a couple of goals,” Nylander said. “We were able to score and battle back but kind of a sloppy game from our side.”

A wild second period saw the teams combine for six goals, three in 1:17 span.

Kyrou gave St. Louis a 3-1 lead 3:09 into the second. As Kyrou’s goal was still being announced over the public-address system, Nylander scored for Toronto.

Leivo picked up his own rebound off Samsonov’s pad at 9:32 to give the Blues a 4-2 lead. Bunting replied for Toronto 17 seconds later, putting a rebound past Binnington. A minute later, Saad snapped a shot from the slot to once again give St. Louis a two-goal lead.

Matthews cut into the Blues’ lead again shortly after to make it 5-4. Bunting tied it at 5 on a power play 7:55 into the third period.

UP NEXT

Blues: At New Jersey on Thursday night.

Maple Leafs: Host Seattle on Thursday night.

Series tied 1-1