The Blues tied it at 16:36 when Stastny scored for the first time in 14 games. He redirected defenseman Carl Gunnarsson's shot-pass from the left point past Andersen for his seventh goal of the season. Brouwer, playing in his 600th NHL game, dug a puck out of the corner and fed Gunnarsson, who waited momentarily before finding Stastny alone to the left of Andersen after the Blues center peeled away from the top of the crease.
"You go up 1-0 on the road, you feel like you put yourself in a good position to win and I made a bad defensive play on that goal to make it 1-1," Fowler said. "I lost my guy in coverage, but still heading into the third, you have a 1-1 game. We'll take that 100 times out of 100. Breakdowns [are] what cost us the game. We were in position to win, so that's why it's a tough one."
The Blues began the week with a stretch of four games in seven nights against Stanley Cup Playoff teams; they are 3-0-0 with the chance to win all four if they can beat the Stars on Saturday.
"With everything we've gone through, we wake up tomorrow morning in a hockey game for first place," Hitchcock said. "Nobody would have thought of that because everything these guys have been through. That's been a feather in their cap. This is 3-0 against top teams, a chance to go 4-0 tomorrow. A tough opponent, but pretty impressive that we've been able to maintain a competitive level despite missing key guys all year."