St. Louis Blues

Bo Horvat scored twice as the Canucks beat the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues 5-2 in the opening game of their best-of-seven first-round playoff series.

Joe Pavelski tied it with 31.4 seconds left in the third period, Anton Khudobin stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1.

J.T. Miller scored twice in the second period to help the Vancouver Canucks rally from an early deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1. Bo Horvat also scored as the Canucks won their ninth straight at home, and 12 in the last 15 overall...

Jordan Binnington stopped 38 shots, and the Blues withstood the emotional rush of Zdeno Chara's return to beat the Bruins 2-1 to take a 3-2 lead.

The Bruins are preparing for Game 5 against the St. Louis Blues without Zdeno Chara, who did not return after he was hit in the face by a deflected puck on Monday night.

Ryan O'Reilly scored the opening goal 43 seconds in and the winner with 9:22 left, in a chaotic Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night to beat the Bruins 4-2.

David Perron had a goal and an assist, Jordan Binnington picked up his franchise-record 12th playoff win and the Blues eliminated San Jose with a 5-1 win in Game 6.

Schwartz started a dominant second period with the first of his three goals, and the Blues moved within one win of the Cup final with a 5-0 victory over San Jose in Game 5.

Defenseman Robert Bortuzzo scored his first career postseason goal to helped the Blues overcome another big game from San Jose's Logan Couture with a 4-2 win over the Sharks.

Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime, Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and St. Louis outlasted the Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinals.