nhl Game Recap
Blues Down New York 7-4 - Match Report
St. Louis got a pair of goals from Noel Acciari as the Blues skated to a 7-4 victory over New York on Tuesday at UBS Arena.
St. Louis was an underdog by +167 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
St. Louis got goals from Noel Acciari(2), Ryan O'Reilly, Robert Thomas, Josh Leivo, Ivan Barbashev, and Colton Parayko in the victory. Leivo opened the scoring at 17:13 of the first period.
Thomas Greiss stopped 36 of 40 New York shots in the victory.
New York got goals from Zach Parise, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Hudson Fasching, and Noah Dobson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 21 of 26 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, St. Louis went 0-for-2, while the Islanders were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
St. Louis lost the shots on goal battle to New York by a margin of 40-28.
Next game, St. Louis takes its act home to face Winnipeg looking for another win. For New York, they head on the road to face New Jersey.