Blues allow tying goal in last second of regulation, suffer 4-3 shootout loss to Coyotes

ST. LOUIS — Clayton Keller scored the tying goal with seven-tenths of a second remaining in regulation and Christian Dvorak‘s shootout goal was the winner, leading the Arizona Coyotes to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night.

Conor Garland and Dvorak scored in regulation, and Darcy Kuemper made 39 saves as Arizona has won its third consecutive game over the Blues in St. Louis.

Ryan O’Reilly scored twice and David Perron added a goal for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington made 23 saves. The Blues have lost three straight games for the first time this season.

Arizona forced overtime when Keller, a St. Louis native, scored his fourth goal of the season in the final second with Kuemper pulled for an extra attacker.

O’Reilly scored his second goal of the game and sixth of the season 3:43 into the second period on a deflection off Tyler Pitlick’s stick.

Dvorak tied the game 2-2 when he swatted a rebound from Nick Schmaltz’s shot over Binnington’s pad 11 seconds into the Coyotes power play with 8:24 remaining in the second period. The goal was his seventh of the season and sixth in five games.

Perron put the Blues ahead 2-1 when he got his own rebound, skated around Kuemper, and shot the puck into an empty net 8:11 into the second period.

O’Reilly’s scored his first goal on a power play 6:31 into the first period. It was the Blues’ first in 14 power-play opportunities.

Garland tied the game 1-1 when he one-timed a shot past Binnington 1:48 into the second period for his fifth of the season.

St. Louis was held without a shot on goal for the first 10:54 of the game.

Ryan O’Reilly after the #stlblues‘ loss to the #Yotes: “We just lost three in a row at home to that team and just sparked them. … It’s very disappointing. It’s embarrassing.” pic.twitter.com/s0GZhkVHch

— FOX Sports Midwest (@FSMidwest) February 9, 2021

GOALS FOR GARLAND

Garland’s goal in the first period gave him five consecutive games with a least one point. Garland has three goals and four assists in that stretch.

NEXT MAN UP

St. Louis announced Sunday that center Robert Thomas will miss four to six weeks with a broken thumb suffered in the first period of Saturday’s game. The club activated defenseman Robert Bortuzzo from injured reserve. Bortuzzo missed 10 games with an upper body injury.

CROUSE IS BACK

Arizona left wing Lawson Crouse returned to the lineup after missing the past three games with an upper body injury. Crouse took the spot of fellow winger Drake Caggiula, who was scratched with a lower body injury.

UP NEXT

St. Louis and Arizona will meet for the fifth consecutive game, facing each other Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona.