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Updated February 28th, 2020 at 12:19 IST

Parayko lifts Blues to 3-2 win over Islanders in OT

 Colton Parayko scored on an unassisted wraparound at 3:23 of overtime, sending the St. Louis Blues to their sixth consecutive victory with a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Parayko lifts Blues to 3-2 win over Islanders in OT
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 Colton Parayko scored on an unassisted wraparound at 3:23 of overtime, sending the St. Louis Blues to their sixth consecutive victory with a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

Vince Dunn tied it for St. Louis with 1:44 left in the third period. Brayden Shenn also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Jordan Binnington, who had 14 saves, made his 47th start of the season and improved to 29-11-7.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Jordan Eberle scored for the Islanders. Thomas Greiss stopped 30 shots.

The Blues improved to 8-10 in overtime, while New York fell to 11-8.

St. Louis pulled even on an unassisted slap shot from the top of the slot by Dunn after the Islanders tried to clear the puck but failed. It was Dunn's first goal since Jan. 11, a span of 19 games.

The Islanders led 2-1 after the first period.

Pageau scored on a one-timer from the right circle at 8:20. The power-play goal came after he took a pass from Mathew Barzal. It was Pageau's 26th goal of the season and second in two games since New York acquired him from Ottawa at Monday's trade deadline. He has five goals and eight points in his last six games.

New York went ahead 2-0 at 16:34. A wide-open Eberle skated in and beat Binnington with a backhand for his fifth goal in the last four games. Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo gave up the puck near mid-ice and Anders Lee got it. He passed to Barzal, who fed Eberle rushing in on the right side.

“I think we got on our heels a bit,” Eberle said. “We lost some battles and they’re a good team. I guess you can say you got a point, but this late in the season you want to try and get two. You take the one, but some things to correct, obviously.”

St. Louis cut it to 2-1 on a slap shot by Schenn at 19:05. It was his 23rd goal of the season, good for second on the team. Ryan O’Reilly made a cross-ice pass to Schenn, who was in the right circle. It was Schenn’s third goal in his last three games after scoring three times in the previous 24.

The Islanders were outshot 23-5 after the first period.

“It’s disappointing we didn’t get two (points), but we got one and every point is going to matter here,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “We’ll see at the end of the whole process if this is the one that got away or if this is the one that got us in. The Blues have been pretty good in this building.”

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Published February 28th, 2020 at 12:19 IST

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