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David Perron and Jaden Schwartz scored for St. Louis.
Game 2 is scheduled for Friday night.
Horvat scored 4 goals on the return to the game, while rookie teammate Quinn Hughes scored and played a hand to succeed on seven points (one goal, six played one hand) in five games.
Horvat said the Canucks were willing to adapt to the blues’ intensity.
“They won the cup for a reason, so we were in a position for that,” Horvat said. ”I think we showed some smart things tonight, a little in retrospect and setting the big goals later, a great clutch for us.
“And I couldn’t be happier that Troy got that. I think I can speak for everyone (about that)”.
Stecher broke a 2-2 draw in the third period by passing the right wing and sending a shot from the circle to the arm of St. Louis goalkeeper Jordan Binnington.
Stecher then to heaven to greet his father, Peter, who died on Father’s Day due to diabetes-like headaches.
“I had there a few seconds to think of my father. The vital thing was for everyone to immediately show their side on the bench, like they gave me a hand, and that motivated me to move on.
Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves for victory.
The Canucks reached their first tiebreaker since 2015 after beating the Minnesota Wild in the qualifying round.
They stayed in the game.
Horvat opened the marker about five minutes after a current of Hughes from the most sensitive circle on the left beyond Binnington.
St. Louis responded with less than 4 minutes to the end. Perron threw a Brayden Schenn pass from the most sensitive of the right circle onto Markstrom’s glove.
Vancouver regained merit in numerical merit midway through the time period. Pettersson slamp the puck against the bar after a fight in the mouth of the purpose for its purpose for the moment.
The Blues matched just over a minute later when Schwartz tipped the record beyond Canuck’s defense Chris Tanev in the Blues’ blue line, then loaded on a getaway and beat Markstrom with a cunning backhand on the pads.
After Stetcher’s goal, Horvat Blues defender Vince Dunn face down, ran and shot Binnington from the side of the blockers.
Miller added the fifth numerical merit purpose with less than 40 seconds to play.
St. Louis coach Craig Berube said he saw some positive aspects of Vancouver.
“I think we did the task of controlling the pace and the game,” Berube said. “We had a lot of lovely looks. We’re going to have to do a bigger task to get more traffic in front of your goalkeeper and get greasy goals.”
“Listen, we’ll fix it. We’ll do it in the next game. It’s a long series.”
The Canucks win with a number of veterans and playoff debutants.
Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Jake Virtanen, Tyler Motte, Hughes, Stecher, Zack MacEwen and Markstrom were regulars in their first playoff game (although technically they revel in the playoffs because the rankings circular statistics will count as a postseason).
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Game 2 is scheduled for Friday night.