Pettersson scores OT winner with 15 seconds remaining as Canucks rally past Blues

Elias Pettersson had 10 shots. He connected on the last one.

Pettersson scored 4:45 into overtime, and the Vancouver Canucks rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Blues on Thursday night in St. Louis.

Pettersson picked up his 28th goal when he beat goalie Jordan Binnington with a wrist shot.

"I had some ice to work with so I tried to get as much speed as possible," Pettersson said. "I was thinking of going towards the inside but he covered that so I thought I'd try to shoot far and it went in."

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Elias Pettersson scores OT winner as Canucks rally to beat the Blues

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Elias Pettersson scored with 15 seconds left in overtime, as the Vancouver Canucks scored three straight goals to rally past the St. Louis Blues 3-2.

Coach Rick Tocchet, who was hired Jan. 22 after Bruce Boudreau was let go, was impressed.

"That was a laser," Tocchet said. "He's got an all-world shot. He had a lot of chances in the game."

St. Louis led 2-0 before Miller scored his 20th goal 9:08 into the third, and Kuzmenko tied it on his 27th in the final minute.

"A lot of our best players not doing the job," St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. "I guess they don't care about the team, I don't know. Not sure why."

Rookie Tyler Tucker scored his first career goal for the Blues, and Alexey Toropchenko had a short-handed goal. Binnington made 38 saves.

"Obviously it's nice to be rewarded," Tucker said about scoring his first goal. "Two points would've been better."

Vancouver rookie Arturs Silovs had 20 stops in his third career NHL start.

Vancouver had a goal disallowed in the first period. Miller scored on a delayed penalty at 14:27, but it was waved off after St. Louis challenged for goaltender interference.

The Blues scored a short-handed goal when Toropchenko beat Silovs on a breakaway at 15:29. Pavel Buchnevich intercepted a pass and fed the streaking Toropechenko for his fifth of the season.

St. Louis went up 2-0 on a wrist shot by Tucker at 6:45 of the second. The Canucks challenged the play, arguing the goal was scored on a high stick by Ivan Barbashev, but the original call stood. Barbashev got his 100th career assist.

Miller scored a short-handed goal on a wrist shot. He has 11 points in his last 10 games.

"All these games are important. We've got guys fighting for jobs," Miller said. "We've got guys trying to prove something to the new coach. We didn't get frustrated. We've scored a lot of six on five goals. That says a lot about our team. We're never out of it."

Vancouver centre Aatu Raty, who was acquired from the Islanders in the Bo Horvat trade, made his Canucks debut.

The Canucks host the Boston Bruins on Saturday.