St Louis, United States: St Louis closed to within two points of the lead in the NHL’s Central Division with a 3-2 overtime win against Atlantic leaders Boston on Thursday, with T.J. Oshie scoring the winner 3:29 into the extra period.
The Blues made up ground on idle Central leaders Chicago and moved five points clear of divisional rivals Colorado, who lost at Philadelphia.
Boston stayed seven points clear atop the Atlantic Division despite their loss, with nearest rival Tampa Bay being convincingly beaten at home by Toronto, who moved within a point of the Lightning, as did Montreal, who comfortably beat slumping Vancouver.
Oshie jammed the puck in from the side of the net for the winner, while Alexander Steen and Jaden Schwartz had earlier given the Blues a 2-0 lead.
David Krejci and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins to force overtime.
Shutout
Philadelphia goaltender Steve Mason stopped 38 shots to help the Flyers beat Colorado 3-1.
Mark Streit and Michael Raffl scored for Philadelphia, who leapfrogged Columbus in the Metropolitan Division standings and moved within a point of the New York Rangers.
Mason was less than three minutes from his third shutout in five games when Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon beat him for his 21st goal of the season.
Claude Giroux scored an empty-netter in the final minute for the Flyers.
