Defenseman Justin Faulk scored two goals for the St. Louis Blues, allowing his side to win 4-1 over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night at Gila River Arena.
The 28-full-back has five goals this season, as much as last season, but having played 55 fewer games. After a difficult season in 2019-2020, Faulk is taking advantage of Alex Pietrangelo’s departure to establish himself as a reliable option in the power play.
It is also in the power play that he obtained his first success of the match, at 2 min 28 s of the first period. The American let go of a shot from the blue line that made its way behind Darcy Kuemper.
After the equalizer by Johan Larsson in the second period, Faulk took care of the winning net, this time accepting a nice throw-in in Jordan Kyrou’s enclave.
Ivan Barbashev and Brayden Schenn completed the scoring in empty nets, allowing Faulk to collect a third point in this game.
As for the Coyotes, Niklas Hjalmarsson had to leave the game during the second intermission due to an upper body injury.
In net, Jordan Binnington collected his seventh win of the season, blocking 24 of 25 shots he faced.
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