Blues Beat Canucks 3-1 to Tie Series

Ryan O’Reilly had two goals and an assist as the St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 to even in their first-round playoff series.

Alex Pietrangelo also scored for the Blues and added an assist.

Jake Allen made 22 saves.

J.T. Miller scored for the Canucks, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 34 shots.

Game 5 is Wednesday.

O’Reilly gave the Blues a 2-1 lead at 6:52 of the second as he took a pass out of the corner from David Perron, walked out in front of the net and flicked a backhander into the top corner for the second two-goal playoff game of his career.

Pietrangelo fired shot that hit Edler’s stick and went in with 4:13 to go in the middle period.