Schenn scores in OT, Blues beat Canucks in Game 3

Brayden Schenn scored 15:06 into overtime to give St. Louis Blues a 3-2 win over Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. Schenn, circling in neutral zone, took a stretch pass, raced in and fired a shot high past Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom for defending champion Blues’ first win this postseason.

David Perron and Justin Faulk also scored, and Jake Allen stopped 39 shots as St. Louis pulled to 2-1 in best-of-seven series.

Game 4 is Monday night.

Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller scored for Canucks, and Markstrom finished with 46 saves.

All scoring in regulation play came in second period, starting on power play when Pettersson hit Miller with a tape-to-tape stretch pass with Miller in full flight at Blues blue line. Miller streaked in and snapped a shot high glove side on Allen for a 1-0 lead at 1:19.

Blues tied it nearly 7 minutes later when Faulk jumped into slot, took a seam pass from Robert Thomas and ripped puck past Markstrom.

Perron gave Blues ir first lead of series, taking a dish pass from Ryan O’Reilly and delivering a sharp angle shot over Markstrom’s shoulder with 1:58 left in period.

Vancouver replied just 37 seconds later when St. Louis defensemen Colton Parayko and Marco Scandella got tangled up with puck in high slot. Pettersson jumped in and fired a quick shot short-side under bar on Allen.

It was Allen’s first appearance in series, replacing Jordan Binnington, hero of 2019 Cup run.

Binnington has struggled in return to play, fighting rebounds while letting in nine goals in first two games (.809 save percent) against Canucks.

Allen saw limited action in regular season but compiled a 12-6-3 record and a .927 save percent. 30-year-old stopped 37-of-38 shots against Dallas in his lone appearance in round robin.

St. Louis was Western Conference leader (42-29-10) when NHL halted, and eventually ended, regular season on March 12 due to COVID-19. Blues lost all three games in round robin, dropping to fourth seed and lost first two games against Canucks.

Canucks were 36-27-6, good for 18th in NHL, when play was suspended. y defeated Minnesota Wild in four games in qualifying round.

TES: For Vancouver, D Jordie Benn entered lineup for Tyler Myers. Myers fell awkwardly into boards on a hit from Schenn late in Game 2. ... Blues were without F Vladimir Tarasenko. Russian sniper played in first two games but did t dress for Game 3. NHL is t releasing injury information.

(Im credit: AP)