ST. LOUIS (AP) – Josh Leivo scored the lone shootout goal in the sixth round and Thatcher Demko stopped 31 shots in regulation and overtime as the Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Thursday night.
Bo Horvat, J.T. Miller, and Micheal Ferland scored for the Canucks, who won for the first time on the road in three tries this season.
Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Pietrangelo and Robby Fabbri scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who have dropped three straight.
Leivo lifted a shot over Jordan Binnington in the bottom half of the sixth shootout round after the first 11 shooters came up empty.
Horvat jammed the puck in off a scramble in front of the net to tie the game at 3-3 with 7:55 left in the third period.
Tarasenko and Pietrangelo scored 47 seconds apart in the second period to give the Blues a 3-1 lead.
Pietrangelo ripped a one-timer from the top of the faceoff circle off a pass from Oskar Sundqvist at 2:47. Tarasenko then jumped on the rebound of a shot from Jaden Schwartz for his second goal in as many games.
Ferland tied the game 1-1 on the rebound of a shot by Brandon Sutter. Pietrangelo answered 42 seconds later
St. Louis has points in six of seven games this season.
