BLUES Vladimir Tarasenko and David Perron scored Wednesday, but it was Tyler Bozak who scored the most dramatic goal for St. Louis by beating Blackhawks goalie Cam Ward with 38 seconds left in regulation at United Center.
The goal secured a huge point for the Blues, who eventually fell 4-3 in a shootout against the Blackhawks.
"It's a big point," Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo said. "We didn't play the way we needed to play but to find a way to get a point, that's big."
With two games left in the regular season, the Blues are just one point behind the Nashville Predators and Winnipeg Jets for the division lead and could still secure home-ice advantage for the first round and perhaps even win the Central Division.
"It wasn't the greatest start, but let's have a good one (Thursday)," Perron said after Wednesday's loss. "I don't know, if we get four points in (our last two games), who knows where that will take us."
FLYERS The Philadelphia Flyers dropped a 6-2 decison to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Oskar Lindblom and Shayne Gostisbehere scored the Flyers, who lost their third straight game and fell to 1-5-0 in the last six games.
Philadelphia has been eliminated from playoff contention.
"It's kind of embarassing to go out and lose 6-2 in this kind of game," a frustrated Lindblom told NHL.com after the game. "We take stupid penalties, get in the box and they score. That's things we can't get rid of."
Claude Giroux has 21 points (four goals, 17 assists) in the Flyers' last 19 games. He leads the club in scoring with 82 points (21 goals, 61 assists).
HEAD-TO-HEAD Thursday's game will be the second meeting of the season with the Blues and Flyers. In the first matchup on Jan. 7, Jordan Binnington made his first career NHL start and shutout the Flyers 3-0 at Wells Fargo Center.
The Blues are 5-2-0 in their last seven home games against the Flyers.
