Dallas Stars vs St. Louis Blues
Playoffs · Thursday, May 5, 2016 · Scottrade Center
NBCSN · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Scottrade Center. The Stars outshot the Blues 28–26.
Goals came from Vladimir Tarasenko, Radek Faksa, Patrick Sharp, Paul Stastny and Cody Eakin.
Kari Lehtonen made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Tarasenko (6)Jaden Schwartz (6), Carl Gunnarsson (2)0–110:17 STL
2nd period
Radek Faksa (3)Unassisted1–104:05 DAL
Patrick Sharp (4)Jamie Benn (8), Jason Spezza (7)2–105:14 DAL · 
Paul Stastny (1)Vladimir Tarasenko (5), Alexander Steen (4)2–213:06 STL ·
Overtime
Cody Eakin (1)Patrick Sharp (2), Jamie Benn (9)3–202:58 DAL
Team stats
DALSTL
2826
45%55%
1/31/3
88
3035
48
64
1110
Penalties
- 3:57 into the first period
Jay Bouwmeester · high sticking2 min - 14:10 into the first period
Cody Eakin · holding2 min - 4:21 into the second periodDavid Backes · tripping2 min
- 11:11 into the second periodDavid Backes · slashing2 min
- 11:11 into the second periodKris Russell · slashing2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodCody Eakin · slashing2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodAlex Goligoski · hooking2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodAlexander Steen · interference2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 10Patrick SharpL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 22:19 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 24:15 |
| 12Radek FaksaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 90Jason SpezzaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 13Mattias JanmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 21Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 25Brett RitchieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:36 |
| 27Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:26 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:25 |
| 43Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 2Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 3John KlingbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 29:15 |
| 4Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:43 |
| 28Stephen JohnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:59 |
| 47Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
St. Louis Blues
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 17Jaden SchwartzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 20Alexander SteenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21:41 |
| 4Carl GunnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 10Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:13 |
| 12Jori LehteraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 15Robby FabbriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 21Patrik BerglundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 28Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:02 |
| 36Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:45 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:32 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 19Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:00 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 27Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31:29 |
| 55Colton ParaykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | – |