Oilers rally to beat Blues
Tage Thompson and Patrik Berglund responded for the Blues (22-13-2), who have lost three in a row and five of their last six.
The Blues had the best chances in a scoreless first period, outshooting Edmonton 11-5. Edmonton had a good chance midway through the second, but a Darnell Nurse shot hit a post and slid through the crease under a diving Allen to safety. It was the Oilers’ fourth post of the game to that point.
The scoreless deadlock continued through 40 minutes with the shots favouring the Blues 26-19.
Paul Stastny had a glorious opportunity seven minutes into the third when he stole the puck from Cam Talbot behind the net, but the Oilers goalie was able to make a desperate leap to prevent the wrap-around attempt.
The Blues finally scored with 10:30 left in the third period as Thompson got a shot through traffic past Talbot for his first career NHL goal.
However, Edmonton tied it up 38 seconds later on a wrist shot by Cammalleri.
St. Louis regained the lead with 6:38 left, as Berglund scored on a one-timer, but Edmonton came flying back once again as McDavid waited for Allen to go down before lifting in his 13th goal of the season with 3:41 left.
Both teams return to action on Saturday as the Oilers host to the Montreal Canadiens and the Blues travel to Vancouver to face the Canucks.
It was the final of three meetings between the two teams this season. The Blues won the two previous encounters by a combined score of 12-4 . . . Defenceman made his season debut for the Oilers, playing for the first time since going down with a knee injury in his team’s second-round playoff series against Anaheim last season.
Notes: Andrej Sekera