Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals and an assist, and the St. Louis Blues rallied for a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.
Jaden Schwartz and Alexander Steen also scored for the Blues, who erased a 2-1 deficit with three consecutive goals. St. Louis seized a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final.
Defenseman Duncan Keith scored two goals and Andrew Shaw had a goal and two assists for Chicago, which dropped back-to-back games on home ice. St. Louis goaltender Brian Elliott stopped 39 of 42 shots to earn the victory and Chicago goalie Corey Crawford turned aside 16 of 20 shots.
The Blues seized a 3-2 lead on a power-play goal by Schwartz with 18:24 remaining in the third period. Blackhawks defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk tried to sweep the puck away from the crease but inadvertently passed it to Schwartz, who beat Crawford stick-side for his second goal in as many games.
A defensive turnover by the Blackhawks allowed St. Louis to increase its lead to 4-2 less than four minutes later. Steen intercepted a pass attempt by van Riemsdyk and raced into the offensive zone for a breakaway goal. Chicago cut the deficit to 4-3 on Keith’s second goal of the game with 5:20 remaining in the third period.
St. Louis opened the scoring on a wrist shot by Tarasenko with 5:58 left in the first period. Center Jori Lehtera flipped a pass from behind the net to Tarasenko, who beat Crawford with a rapid release from the right circle.
Chicago evened the score at 1 on a deflection by Shaw with 10:48 to go in the second period. Marian Hossa flipped a high shot from the top of the right circle. The puck hit Shaw and bounced over Elliott’s glove.
Keith scored a power-play goal to give Chicago a 2-1 lead with 6:51 remaining in the second period. After Elliott denied Shaw from point-blank range, Keith chased down the loose puck and punched it into the net. Tarasenko scored again to even the score at 2 with 2:29 remaining in the second period. On the power play, he fired a wrist shot from the right circle for his third goal of the series and his 13th goal in 17 career playoff games.   

Ducks defense comes good to shutout Preds
Whether it was a change in goalies or just better defense overall, the Anaheim Ducks came up with the result they needed to produce their first win in their Western Conference quarterfinal with the Nashville Predators.
Frederik Anderson stopped all 27 shots he faced for his second postseason shutout while Chris Stewart scored a goal and added an assist Tuesday night in Anaheim’s 3-0 victory at Bridgestone Arena. Nashville still leads the series 2-1 with Game 4 scheduled for Thursday night, but the Pacific Division champions generated an impressive comeback after eating consecutive 3-2 losses at home to start the best-of-seven series.
Andersen improved to 15-7 in his postseason career as he replaced John Gibson, who didn’t play badly in the defeats. But Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau expressed hope that a switch between the pipes would spark his team.
The Predators didn’t lack for opportunities as Anaheim again had trouble staying out of the penalty box, but went 0-for-5 with the man advantage and are 1-for-13 in the series. That included a power play just before the midway mark of the second period in which Andersen repelled a Shea Weber one-timer with his helmet and needed a moment to clear his head before play resumed.
Pekka Rinne made 18 saves for Nashville, which was shooting for its first 3-0 series lead in franchise history.
Needing something good to happen early in order to quiet a raucous sellout crowd, Anaheim produced the first goal off a terrible turnover by Nashville’s Anthony Bitetto.
Given the puck at the right goalpost by Shawn Horcoff, Jamie McGinn made no mistake at 10:05 for his first goal of the series.
The Ducks upped their lead to two at 11:33 of the second period on a pretty deflection of a Sami Vatanen wrister by Richard Rakell, just Anaheim’s second shot of the period.
Pressing the attack further, Anaheim made it 3-0 at 17:06 of the second when Stewart backhanded his rebound past Rinne for his first goal and second point of the night. Mild booing ushered the Predators off the ice after 40 minutes.