ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan O’Reilly scored with two seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Mike Hoffman scored twice for the Blues, tying it with 41.6 seconds left in regulation after the Blues pulled goalie Ville Husso. O’Reilly skated around the net and stuffed a shot past Cam Talbot. Nico Sturm and Matt Dumba scored for Minnesota. The Blues have won three in a row — beating Minnesota 9-1 on Friday night — to move a point ahead of fourth-place Arizona for the last playoff spot in the West Division. The teams will meet for the third time in four nights on Monday in Minnesota. Husso stopped 28 shots, and Talbot made 27 saves.
Also on NHL Ice:
— Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3. Kevin Lankinen stopped 23 shots for the Blackhawks, who had dropped five of the last seven while battling Nashville and Dallas for the fourth playoff spot in the Central Division. Carl Soderberg, Wyatt Kalynuk, and Dylan Strome also scored for Chicago. Michael Del Zotto, Cam Atkinson, and Patrick Laine had goals for Columbus, and Elvis Merzlikins made 24 saves.
— Sean Couturier (koo-TOOR’-ee-ay) scored the game-winner in the Flyers’ 3-2 win over the Bruins. Couturier tallied seven minutes into the third period, leaving Philadelphia four points behind Boston for the fourth and final playoff berth in the East Division. Travis Konecny (kah-NEHK’-nee) scored a first-period goal and set up Shayne Gostisbehere’s (GAHS’-this-behrz) power-play tally about six minutes later.
— Auston Matthews increased his NHL-leading goals total to 31 by scoring three more for the Maple Leafs in a 6-5 victory against the Senators. Jack Campbell made 27 saves and became the first NHL netminder to open a season with 10 straight wins. Mitch Marner added a goal and three assists in Toronto’s sixth win in a row.
— Andrew Copp, Nikolaj Ehlers (nih-koh-ly EE’-lurz) and Mathieu Perrault (peh-ROH’) each had a goal and an assist in the Jets’ 5-0 victory over the Canadiens. Connor Hellebuyck (HEH’-leh-buhk) made 19 saves for his second shutout of the season to backstop Winnipeg’s third straight win. Jake Allen made 20 saves to drop to 1-5-4 in his last 10 starts.
