It’s a good bet everyone knows what David Backes’ birthday wish was.
Whatever the reason, luck was on the St. Louis Blues captain’s side as he scored the overtime game-winner on the day he turned 32, giving the Blues a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday and tying their second-round series at one game apiece.
The Blues better hope they have more team members blowing out candles this week. They could just as easily have been heading home with a two-game hole to climb out of in the best-of-seven series after allowing the quick-strike Stars offense to climb back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period and force the extra frame.
It was a rare and controversial overtime power play that helped them overcome their serious struggle with the Stars forwards, and there was a collective sigh of relief in St. Louis when Backes quite literally jumped on a rebound and shoveled it into the net after leaping to get out of the way of the original shot.
Stars pest Antoine Roussel was either the victim of a call that went against him because of his reputation, or the goat with a boneheaded ...
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