The St. Louis Blues erased a 4-1 deficit with a furious three-goal surge in just over three minutes of the third period, only to watch the New Jersey Devils pull out a 5-4 overtime victory Thursday night at Prudential Center.
Jesper Bratt scored the overtime winner for New Jersey, which improved to 11-5-0. The Blues (7-7-2) earned a point on the road but came up short of the full two after a dramatic comeback.
The game featured a familiar goaltending matchup between Jordan Binnington and Connor Hellebuyck, who opposed each other in the 2026 Olympic gold-medal game. Hellebuyck was solid in the Devils net, while Binnington made key stops to keep St. Louis alive during the third-period push.
New Jersey built its lead methodically. Luke Hughes opened the scoring in the first period. Anthony Mantha then scored twice in the second, including a breakaway goal late in the frame, as the Devils went up 4-1. Jesper Boqvist also scored for New Jersey in the middle period. Robert Thomas answered for the Blues with a power-play goal that briefly cut the deficit to 2-1.
Trailing by three goals with under nine minutes remaining, St. Louis flipped the script. Mason McTavish scored to make it 4-2. Philip Broberg followed with a goal just over three minutes later, and Dalibor Dvorsky completed the rally with a tip-in that tied the game at 4-4 with roughly five minutes left in regulation. The three goals came in a span of 3:08.
Colton Parayko returned to the Blues lineup after missing two games with an upper-body injury and contributed an assist on McTavish’s goal. The Blues generated sustained pressure in the third after being outshot earlier in the contest, forcing the game to overtime.
Bratt’s overtime goal sealed the victory for the Devils, who had built a 4-1 lead on the strength of Mantha’s two-goal night and strong play from the Hughes brothers. The loss drops the Blues to 3-6-0 on the road this season. They conclude their four-game road trip Saturday in Nashville.
The comeback offered a bright spot for St. Louis after a 3-1 loss to the Rangers earlier in the week, but the overtime defeat continues a pattern of close games that have not yielded full points.
