ST. LOUIS — Brandon Saad scored 2:09 into overtime, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Monday night.
Brayden Schenn scored twice and Jordan Binnington stopped 36 shots to help St. Louis improve to 8-2-1 in its last 11 games. The Blues are three points behind Los Angeles for the second wild card in the Western Conference.
''We're aware,'' Binnington said about the wild card race. ''But at the same time if we don't do our job, it doesn't matter. That's the mind game, and that's how we're channeling our focus right now.''
Mattias Ekholm and Leon Draisaitl scored, and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves for Edmonton, which had won three straight.
''I think in the second period it was just how many penalties we had,'' Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. ''That just took away our ability to build something. After we got the kills done and we were able to play five-on-five in the third period, I thought we did a pretty good job.''
Saad scored his 25th goal of the season for the win in the extra period.
''A really lucky bounce actually," Saad said. "I thought I was back-checking there, kind of hit their d-man's top of his stick and got a good break.''
Draisaitl got his 39th on a pass from Connor McDavid with 5:25 remaining in the third period to tie the score 2-2. Both Drasaitl and McDavid extended their points streaks to eight games.