Blues' Jordan Binnington gets into scrap with Oilers' Corey Perry early in crucial game

The St. Louis Blues and Edmonton Oilers brought a playoff-like ambiance to the rink connected Wednesday, and the gloves were dropped aboriginal successful their game.

Oilers right-winger Corey Perry was successful beforehand of Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington erstwhile the netminder took the guardant down successful beforehand of the net. Binnington took a fewer swipes earlier the 2 players were separated.

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St. Louis Blues and Edmonton Oilers players unsmooth it up during the archetypal play of NHL enactment successful Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, connected Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Perry and Blues left-winger Jake Neighbours took implicit from determination and started to propulsion punches astatine each other. It had lone been astir 9 minutes into the game.

Connor Brown scored a precocious extremity to enactment Edmonton up 4-3. St. Louis could not equalize successful the last seconds, and the Oilers took location the adjacent victory.

"That's what it's about. Guys stepping up," Oilers prima Connor McDavid said aft the game, via the team’s website. "We've had antithetic guys measurement up passim this benignant of wounded bug and sickness bug, and a batch of guys are stepping up and playing bully hockey and contributing. 

"It hasn't been easy, but I've thought the guys person battled hard."

St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington, #50, looks connected arsenic Edmonton Oilers' Connor Brown, #28, and Adam Henrique, #19, observe a extremity during the 3rd play of an NHL crippled successful Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, connected Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Brown had 2 goals successful the triumph – some connected assists from McDavid. 

Blues caput manager Jim Montgomery lamented not being capable to get sum connected McDavid.

"We didn’t bash a bully capable occupation covering McDavid, and we didn’t bash a bully capable occupation protecting our nett front. The net-front conflict was the quality tonight," helium said, via NHL.com. "We’ve shown passim present ever since 4 Nations that we’re a squad that’s conscionable going to support coming. And I emotion that astir our group.

"I thought the Thomas enactment was truly dynamic, and they got each 3 goals for us. I thought ‘Buchey’ was truly good, and I thought the enactment was truly good."

St. Louis Blues' Justin Faulk, #72, and Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid, #97, conflict for the puck during the 2nd play of an NHL crippled successful Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, connected Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

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The Oilers moved 2 points supra the Blues successful the playoffs. Edmonton is 45-28-5 connected the play with 95 points. The Blues are 43-30-7 with 93 points. Edmonton has 4 games near connected its schedule, and St. Louis has two.

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