Blues Drop Dallas in Series Opener

Steve Bell

am800-sports-hockey-nhl-blues-stars-1.9109993 ST. LOUIS, MO - APRIL 25: Vladimir Tarasenko #91 of the St. Louis Blues scores a goal against Ben Lovejoy #21 and Ben Bishop #30 of the Dallas Stars in Game One of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Enterprise Center on April 25, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) (Vladimir Tarasenko of the Blues scores against Ben Lovejoy and Ben Bishop of the Stars during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the on April 25, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images))

Vladimir Tarasenko scores twice to power St Louis past the Stars

Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals and the St. Louis Blues beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in first game of the teams' Western Conference semifinal series.

Robby Fabbri also scored and Jordan Binnington made 27 saves for the Blues, who had lost three of four to Dallas during the NHL's regular season.

It was Tarasenko's seventh career multi-goal game in the post-season, tying him with Bernie Federko for second-most in franchise history.

Jason Spezza and Jamie Benn scored for the Stars, while Ben Bishop made 17 saves. Game two is also set for St Louis on Saturday.