Snuggerud scores twice, St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 5-2

St. Louis Blues' Jimmy Snuggerud (21) and Pius Suter (22) celebrate Snuggerud's goal as Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson skates past during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Monday.

Brayden Schenn contributed a goal and an assist for the Blues (2-1-0), while Nick Bjugstad buried his first of the season and Jake Neighbours added an empty-net strike with 2:13 left on the game clock.

Goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 29 of the 31 shots he faced as St. Louis won its second game in a row.

Kiefer Sherwood scored both Vancouver goals, including a short-handed tally on a breakaway midway through the second period.

Kevin Lankinen, making his first start of the season, registered 30 saves for the Canucks (1-2-0).

Blues centre Pius Suter made his return to Vancouver, where he played the last two seasons before signing with St. Louis as a free agent on July 2.

TAKEAWAYS

Canucks: The home side came into the game with a perfect penalty kill, but saw the streak snapped 8:13 into the second when Snuggerud popped a shot in past Lankinen on a St. Louis power play. Vancouver has killed 12-of-13 infractions to start the 2025-26 campaign.

Blues: Snuggerud led the Blues offence with six shots. The 21-year-old rookie now has seven points (three goals, four assists) across 10 regular-season NHL games to start his career.

KEY MOMENT

Less than two minutes after Sherwood cut Vancouver’s deficit to a single goal with a short-handed tally, Bjugstad replied for the Blues. The centre fired a rocket from inside the top of the faceoff circle 13:45 into the second to make it 4-2 for St. Louis.

KEY STAT

The Canucks’ power play went 0-for-1 on Monday, and is now 0-for-7 to start the season.

UP NEXT

Blues: Host the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.

Canucks: Kick off a five-game road trip against the Stars in Dallas on Thursday.

This report by Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press, was first published Oct. 13, 2025.