NHL Postseason Caterwaul: Blues strike back to even series with Sharks

Robert Bortuzzo scored the go-ahead goal with 3:26 left in the second period and Oskar Sundqvist bagged a late clincher as the visiting St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 to tie the series at a game apiece. Logan Couture scored back-to-back goals in the middle frame to tie the game after Jaden Schwartz and Vince Dunn staked the Blues to a two-goal lead. Couture leads the league with 13 goals and 19 points.  Jordan Binnington stopped 24 shots to pick up his ninth win of the postseason.

SBN Recaps: Fear The Fin - St. Louis Game Time

Eastern Conference Final (Game 3)

Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes 8 p.m. NBCSN (Boston leads series 2-0)

Pregame at Canes Country - Stanley Cup of Chowder

IIHF World Championship (games involving Florida Panthers)

Florida forward Frank Vatrano registered two shots on goal and finished with an even rating while playing 9:22 in Team USA’s key 3-2 overtime win over Finland. Fellow Cat Juho Lammikko logged 5:16 TOI in the first period and won two of five faceoffs for the Finns. Detroit’s Dylan Larkin scored the game-winner 3:47 into the extra session. Top prospects Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko went scoreless in the game.

Evgenii Dadonov logged 13:42 TOI and produced one shot on goal in Russia’s 3-0 win over the Czech Republic. Dadonov finished the game with an even rating. Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy posted a 23-save shutout as Russia moved to 3-0 in the group stage.

Other results

Canada 6, Slovakia 5

Sweden 9, Norway 1

Today’s games

Great Britain vs. Denmark 10:15 a.m. NHL Network, TSN

Italy vs. Latvia 10:15 a.m. TSN5

Germany vs. France 2:15 p.m. TSN

Switzerland (Vincent Praplan) vs. Austria 2:15 p.m. NHL Network, TSN4

LBC Poll

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