Mikheyev, Maple Leafs rally, end Blues' home point streak at 13

ST. LOUIS --The Toronto Maple Leafs ended the St. Louis Blues' 13-game home point streak with a 6-5 win at Enterprise Center on Saturday.

Ilya Mikheyev scored the go-ahead goal from a sharp angle with 3:15 remaining in the third period, and Jack Campbell made 20 saves for the Maple Leafs (24-9-3). Auston Matthews and Mitchell Marner each had a goal and an assist.
"That's crazy, a roller-coaster ride," Marner said after Toronto blew leads of 3-1 and 4-3. "Obviously that's not the game we kind of want to play, but I think we did a great job with just staying with it, making sure we're doing the right things no matter if we gave up the lead, they took it, or anything like that. We just kept fighting back. … I think we're all happy with how we finished this game."

Matthews scored for the 10th straight road game when his power-play goal tied it 5-5 at 11:24 of the third. He is one away from the NHL record set by Pavel Bure (11 games in 1993-94 with the Vancouver Canucks) and Steve Yzerman (11 games in 1988-89 with the Detroit Red Wings).
"It's deadly," Marner said. "It's something that we love having on our team. He's a guy that comes in every day and just works hard, competes and tries to get better every day."
Ryan O'Reilly scored twice, and Jordan Binnington made 34 saves for the Blues (22-11-5), who were 12-0-1 during the third-longest such streak in their history. Brandon Saad, Robert Thomas and Niko Mikkola each had a goal and an assist.
"We just kind of gave up the middle of the ice a little too much," said O'Reilly, the St. Louis captain. "We weren't our normal heavy to play against and stopping on pucks and such. A team like that, they're so skilled offensively and thrive off that. We just kind of gave them too much early, and it starts with myself. I was horrendous defensively tonight and wasn't hard enough to play against. I think other guys probably feel that way too. … We're not going to win a lot of games if we don't defend well. It's frustrating, but I think we got what we deserved tonight. We kind of played their game and obviously got beat at it."

O'Reilly gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 3:58 of the first period when he scored in the slot.
The Maple Leafs scored three times in a span of 3:44 in the period.
Michael Bunting tied it 1-1 at 5:43 on a rebound after Matthews won a face-off in the left circle and threw the puck on net.
"It just happened really quick," Matthews said. "Their guy (O'Reilly) draws inside on his backhand, so I just told [Bunting] to go to the net, see what happens and I was able to get some pretty good wood on it. He made a pretty nice play to corral the puck and put it in."

Marner gave Toronto a 2-1 lead at 7:32, and John Tavares made it 3-1 at 9:27.
Blues coach Craig Berube then called a timeout.
"I was just talking about more or less the same things I've been talking to you here [about]," Berube said. "We've got to do things quicker, move the puck quicker and play, skate and attack, get going. We kind of watched a little bit tonight and didn't put the pressure on them enough overall. That's basically what I got out of this tonight. We didn't dictate enough tonight."

The Blues scored twice within 1:40 in the second period to tie it. O'Reilly's second of the game cut it to 3-2 at 3:40, and Saad made it 3-3 at 5:20 from the edge of the crease after the St. Louis forecheck forced a turnover.
Timothy Liljegren scored his first NHL goal on a point shot through traffic to give the Maple Leafs a 4-3 lead at 8:18, but Thomas tied it 4-4 at 16:13.
Mikkola put St. Louis ahead 5-4 at 3:25 of the third with a one-timer in front off a feed from Jordan Kyrou, who carried the puck around the back of the net.
NOTES: The Blues' home point streak began with a 4-1 win against the San Jose Sharks on Nov. 18. They had a 21-game home point streak (18-0-3) from Dec. 6, 2011-Feb. 18, 2012, and a 14-game streak (11-0-3) from Oct. 27-Dec. 15, 2016. … Kyrou had two assists and has scored 14 points (five goals, nine assists) during a seven-game point streak. ... St. Louis defenseman Scott Perunovich was minus-2 in 13:48 after missing three games in NHL COVID-19 protocol. ... Blues forwards David Perron and Pavel Buchnevich remained in protocol. St. Louis forwards Vladimir Tarasenko and Brayden Schenn, and defenseman Colton Parayko each skated Saturday morning after being removed from protocol but did not play. ... Thomas played his 200th NHL game. … Toronto forwards Marner and Pierre Engvall each returned after missing three games in protocol. Engvall had two assists in 12:32; Marner played 20:52. ... The Maple Leafs were without forwards Ondrej Kase and Nick Ritchie, and defenseman Justin Holl (protocol). … Mikheyev played his 100th NHL game. ... It was Liljegren's 34th NHL game.