ST. LOUIS — After the St. Louis Blues caught the short end of the stick on an obscure NHL rule, Ryan O'Reilly bailed them out with a breakaway winner.
O'Reilly scored a short-handed goal 2:05 into overtime to lift St. Louis over the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Friday night.
O'Reilly's forehand finish was memorable, but the buzz postgame was about the call that put the Blues on the penalty kill to begin with.
Vladimir Tarasenko was called for playing with illegal equipment after picking up teammate Colton Parayko's stick. Blues interim coach Craig Berube said the penalty was called because the 6-foot-6 Parayko has an exemption to the NHL's stick length rule.