ST. LOUIS — Joel Hofer made 30 saves, including 19 in the third period, as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 Tuesday at Enterprise Center.
The victory ended a three-game losing streak for St. Louis. Jimmy Snuggerud recorded a goal and an assist, while Justin Barron and Pius Suter also scored. Suter’s goal produced his 100th NHL point.
Detroit pressed in the third period, but Hofer protected the lead as the Red Wings generated their strongest stretch of the night. The Blues’ ability to survive that pressure was the difference after recent games in which late mistakes proved costly.
The result gives St. Louis a needed response at home, but one win does not resolve the consistency questions that developed during the skid. The club will need to carry the same defensive commitment into its next game and reduce the amount of sustained pressure allowed around its net.
The Blues’ media staff sent postgame audio for coach Jim Montgomery and players Barron, Hofer and Suter. The shared collection was inaccessible during the Morning Desk retrieval attempt, so this report does not use or reconstruct quotes from those recordings.
VOTP News STL confirmed the score and statistics through the NHL’s official game recap.
Source: NHL.com.
