Backes OT goal boosts Blues past Wild 3-2

ST. LOUIS -- David Backes scored at 4:26 of overtime for his second goal of the game, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Saturday night.

Backes had time to load up on a shot from the high slot, and he drove it past Devan Dubnyk off a setup from Ty Rattie. Backes had no goals and two assists this season coming into the night.

The Blues surrendered a 2-0 lead in the first period but won their third in a row and improved to 8-2-1 while playing without several top players. Forward Vladimir Tarasenko (lower body) joined Paul Stastny, Jaden Schwartz and Kevin Shattenkirk on the injury list.

Alexander Steen also scored and Jake Allen had 29 saves for St. Louis, which allowed just one shot during Minnesota's two-man advantage of 62 seconds in the second period. Allen is 4-2 this season.

Jason Zucker and Erik Haula scored for Minnesota.

Backes opened the scoring on a shot from outside the right faceoff circle at 2:47 of the first. Steen intercepted a pass from Mikko Koivu and made it 2-0 at 8:40.

Zucker scored his third of the season and Haula got his first to tie it later in the first.