Justin Faulk scored twice, including the winner 2:10 into overtime, as the St. Louis Blues defeated the host Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Wednesday night.
Brayden Schenn tallied a goal and assist, Jordan Kyrou also scored and Vladimir Tarasenko had three assists for the Blues, who improved to 2-0-0. Robert Thomas added two assists, and goaltender Jordan Binnington made 32 saves.
Will Borgen, Ryan Donato and Adam Larsson scored for Seattle, which went 0-2-1 on its first homestand of the season. Alex Wennberg and Oliver Bjorkstrand each had two assists, and Martin Jones stopped 24 of 28 shots.
Seattle rookie Shane Wright, the No. 4 overall pick in this year’s draft, got his first NHL point with an assist. He nearly gave the Kraken the lead early in the third period, but his shot from the low slot rang off the left post.
The winner came after Thomas dug the puck out from behind the net and fed Tarasenko out front. Instead of taking a backhanded shot, Tarasenko sent a drop pass to Faulk for a one-timer from the high slot that went into the upper left corner of the net.
The Blues opened the scoring at 7:16 of the first period on Kyrou’s wrist shot from the right faceoff circle just after a power play had expired.
Seattle tied it at 10:51 as Wennberg stole the puck at center ice, skated over the blue line and cycled behind the net before finding Borgen for a one-timer from just inside the right faceoff dot.
The Blues regained the lead with two goals in a 17-second span later in the opening period. Schenn scored on his own rebound at 11:55 after Jones turned over the puck behind his net, and Faulk took Schenn’s pass at 12:12 and put a backhander into the net.
After being thwarted on a breakaway, Donato pulled the Kraken within 3-2 at 10:44 of the second. Binnington thought he had the rebound covered, but the puck was sitting just outside the goal line near the right post, and Donato jammed it in from his knee.
Seattle tied it on a fluke goal at 18:31 of the second as Larsson’s fluttering shot from the point deflected off defenseman Torey Krug and into the net.
–Field Level Media
