ST. LOUIS _ Josh Leivo's shootout goal gave Vancouver a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Blues Thursday at Enterprise Center.
It was the first loss for Blues goalie Jordan Binnington in four shootout games with the Blues. For the second game in a row and third time this season, the Blues (3-1-3) couldn't hold a two-goal lead.
Vancouver improved to 4-2 with its first road win of the season.
A dubious goalie interference call against Robert Thomas gave Vancouver a power play with 10:05 to play. Dubious because it looked like Vancouver defenseman Tyler Myers shoved Thomas into Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko.
The Blues must have thought so, too, because they were assessed with a bench minor, which usually is a result of complaining (too much). So the Canucks had a 5-on-3 advantage for a full two minutes, and they scored the game-tying goal just as time expired on the penalties. After a mad scramble in front, the goal was credited to Bo Horvat with 7:55 remaining in the game.
The Blues got goals from Alex Pietrangelo and Vladimir Tarasenko just 47 seconds apart early in the second period to take a 3-1 lead over the Canucks.
Later in the period, they had a chance to put the game away with a 5-on-3 power play for 1 minute, 20 seconds. But they couldn't convert on their first 5-on-3 of the season, nor the 40 seconds of 5-on-4 power that followed.
Then Vancouver made it a 3-2 game just 50 seconds after killing off the penalties on a rebound shot by J.T. Miller after Tyler Motte's shot hit the post.
Earlier in the period, Vancouver's Micheal Ferland had tied the game 1-1 with his first goal of the season.
An evenly-played first period swung in the Blues' direction late in the first period when Robby Fabbri banged home a rebound of a Tyler Bozak shot of the post, giving St. Louis a 1-0 lead with 5:35 left in the first period.
It was the first regular-season goal for Fabbri since last Nov. 23 against Nashville and the first goal this season for the Blues' third line.
St. Louis, which went scoreless on two power-play attempts, outshot Vancouver 11-9 in the period.
