Michael DiPietro
made 14 saves in his first start in almost three years for the Canucks (18-19-4), who were without Thatcher Demko, Jaroslav Halak and Spencer Martin because of NHL COVID-19 protocol. Rylan Toth, who plays for the University of British Columbia,
dressed as an emergency backup goalie
.
"These last couple days obviously have been a whirlwind," DiPietro said. "I'm just trying to stay in the moment as much as I can. It's been a while between starts, but obviously I was a lot more comfortable this time around."
Vancouver is 0-1-1 during its current three-game homestand.
"Right now, we're having a hard time scoring," said Bruce Boudreau, who coached his 1,000th NHL game. "We have a couple of breakaways here and there, a couple of great looks. I'm really happy with the way they worked and the way they cared, just I expect to win every time we go on the ice, so I'm unhappy with that result."
Tanner Pearson put the Canucks ahead 1-0 at 16:30 of the first period, finishing a backdoor chance off a deflected puck four seconds after a 5-on-3 power play expired but before either Blues player could get back into the play.
Faulk tied it 1-1 off the rush at 18:33, dropping a pass for Oskar Sundqvist at the blue line and driving to the net for a between-the-legs deflection over DiPietro's shoulder.
"Guys bounced back right away and made a goal, so that was huge for us," Husso said. "And after first it was 1-1, so that was big goal for us. It's hockey. Sometimes they score and then we score right away back, so that was a big goal for us."
Brayden Schenn gave St. Louis a 2-1 lead at 3:26 of the second period with a backdoor tap-in off a cross-ice pass from Tarasenko on the power play.