ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues scored the three fastest goals in franchise history in the second period in their 4-0 win against the New York Islanders at Enterprise on Thursday.
Brandon Saad's power-play goal at 4:38 made it 1-0, then Pavel Buchnevich scored seven seconds later to make it 2-0, then Buchnevich made it 3-0 at 5:10, all against Semyon Varlamov to give St. Louis a 3-0 lead.
"It happened pretty quick," Blues center Robert Thomas said. "I think it's going to be a tough record to beat. That was pretty special."
Thomas and Jordan Kyrou each had assists on both Buchnevich goals, which now gives him the team lead at 22 after he completed his fourth NHL hat trick with an empty-net goal in the third period.
"We talked at the bench and I was thinking it's like a minute-something, but that was kind of a surprise seeing it was 32 seconds, a very short time," Buchnevich said. "Probably first time in my career that short time we score three goals. Good stuff."
The previous record was 36 seconds in a 6-5 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on April 15, 1993 when Kevin Miller scored at 19:38 of the first, Bob Bassen scored at 19:48 and Bassen scored again 14 seconds into the second period.
"You don't mind it," Blues goalie Jordan Binnington said. "You don't mind it as a goalie. It just happens so fast. I heard it was the fastest three. It was a special night. It was fun. The building was loud. Guys were playing hard. It's a big win too before we get some road games here."
