A goal just before the end of the second period appeared to break the backs of the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night during a 5-1 loss on the road to the St. Louis Blues.
David Perron opened the scoring for St. Louis and Dakota Joshua doubled the advantaged later in the first period:
Trailing 2-0 after one, Chicago went to the power play early in the second and it became a two-man advantage soon after, leading to the Blackhawks first goal of the game thanks to some neat stickwork by Dylan Strome off a Patrick Kane pass:
The Blackhawks were less than a minute away from heading to the third period down by only one goal when a back-breaking tally was scored by the Blues.