ST. LOUIS – Kasperi Kapanen scored 4:26 into the third period to tie the game, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday night.

Mathieu Joseph and Jake Neighbors each had a goal and an assist for St. Louis in its second straight win. Dylan Holloway also scored.

Andrei Svechnikov, Shayne Gostisbehere and Jack Roslovic scored for Carolina. Pyotr Kochetkov made 15 saves.

Joel Hofer, making his second straight start for St. Louis, made 37 saves. In Thursday’s 1-0 overtime win over the New York Islanders, he made 34 saves and assisted on the only goal, becoming the only goalie in NHL history with a shutout and an assist on the game’s only goal.

Takeaways

Hurricanes: Trailed 3-1 after two periods, but rallied in the third period. Gostisbehere scored on a power play at 1:39, and Roslovic tied it at 2:57.

Blues: Hofer made 18 stops in the first third. The Blues only had four shots on goal in the first 20 minutes.

Key moment

The Blues scored three goals in 3:09 of the second period. Joseph scored from the slot at 10:21. Neighbors fired a strike shot from the top of the right circle at 11:35 a.m. Holloway scored his first goal for the Blues at 13:29, making the final score 3-1.

Key statistics

Two 39-year-old defenders played in the game. Ryan Suter of the Blues (1,450) and Brent Burns of the Hurricanes (1,419) have combined to play 2,869 regular-season NHL games. Suter is 48 days older than Burns.

Next

The Blues conclude their four-game homestand on Tuesday night against Winnipeg. The Hurricanes continue their six-game road trip Tuesday in Edmonton.

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