Tarasenko scores OT winner as Blues keep rolling under new head coach Mike Yeo
TORONTO — Vladimir Tarasenko strode through the neutral zone, dipped around a Maple Leafs forward, deked out another and then fired a shot past Frederik Andersen to clinch another victory for the suddenly red-hot St. Louis Blues.
The Blues improved to 4-1-0 under new head coach Mike Yeo, beating the Leafs 2-1 in overtime at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday night. St. Louis has allowed only six goals in five games under Yeo — including one in the last three outings — with goaltending from Jake Allen primarily taking a big leap forward.
Allen stopped 31-of-32 shots against the Leafs after posting a 30-save shutout two nights earlier.
“I think guys are all just jumping on board, playing hard for each other and doing the little things,” the 26-year-old Allen said of the energy around the group since the coaching change which saw Yeo replace Ken Hitchcock last week.