St. Louis Blues Weekly Prospect Report (May 2)

Blainville-Boisebriand's season was on the brink.

Then came a tying goal. Then came Justin Carbonneau.

The Armada entered the final minute of Game 6 in their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League semifinal series against Moncton down a goal before tying it with 48 seconds left. It looked like it would come down to a one-shot game in overtime to either end the series or extend it to a Game 7 winner-take-All.

Carbonneau, a first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft (No. 19) by the St. Louis Blues, made sure there was a winner-take-all game.

But not in overtime. Oh, no. The sharpshooter made sure of it.

Carbonneau scored off a face-off play with 0.5 seconds remaining in regulation, and the Armada stunned the Wildcats, 3-2, on Sunday and in doing so, evened the series 3-3.

Carbonneau, who has 20 points (nine goals, 11 assists) in 16 games in these playoffs after putting up 80 points (51 goals, 29 assists) in 60 regular-season games, took the face-off win by teammate Bill Zonnon (Pittsburgh Penguins), who was picked three spots after Carbonneau last season and while falling to his right, clapped a bouncing one-timer into the top left corner to set off a wild celebration:

The goal needed to be looked at to make sure it beat the buzzer and did so to complete the Armada's improbable comeback and set up a Game 7 on Tuesday in Moncton, the top seed and being pushed to the brink by the No. 4 seed Armada.

Carbonneau has three goals and two assists in the series, and goals in back to back games, including this tip-in goal in Game 5 on Friday of a 6-2 loss:

So can Carbonneau and the Armada pull off the upset against Caleb Desnoyers (2025 first-round, No. 4, Utah Mammoth) and the Wildcats on Tuesday? Puck drop is at 5 p.m. (CT). The winner gets Chicoutimi in the QMJHL championship for the Gilles-Corteau Trophy.

* As for Adam Jiricek (2024, first round, No. 16) and Brantford, the defenseman and the Bulldogs have been also forced to a Game 7 in their Ontario Hockey League semifinal series against Barrie.

The Bulldogs had taken a commanding 3-1 series lead when they blasted the Colts, 6-1, last Tuesday in Barrie. But the Colts have stormed back to win Game 5, 4-3 in overtime, and evened the series, 3-3 by winning Game 6 at home, also 4-3 in overtime on Saturday after rallying from a 3-1 deficit.

Game 7 is Monday in Brantford at 6 p.m. (CT).

In the series, Jiricek has eight points (two goals, six assists), but he was shut out on Saturday; he had two assists in Game 4 and Game 5 and now is up to 22 points (seven goals, 15 assists) in 14 playoff games.