Saturday, October 18, 2008
FINAL SO
3 - 4
FINAL SO 1 2 3 OT SO T
Blackhawks 1 1 1 0 0 (1-4) 3
Blues 0 1 2 0 1 (2-4) 4
GOAL SCORERS

CHI:   P. Kane (00:40 - 1st) , B. Campbell (03:43 - 2nd) , P. Kane (PPG, 03:00 - 3rd)
STL:   C. Porter (17:11 - 2nd) , K. Tkachuk (09:43 - 3rd) , A. McDonald (19:46 - 3rd) , T. Oshie (00:00 - SO)
GOALIES

CHI: N. Khabibulin (L)
 STL: M. Legace (W)
Blues 4, Blackhawks 3, SO
Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) -The Blues are winning in bunches and in different ways.

Just two days after blowing out the Dallas Stars, St. Louis rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks in a shootout 4-3 Saturday night.

Blues rookie T.J. Oshie scored the winning shootout goal, and spoiled the debut of Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville. St. Louis has won three straight, building off Thursday's 6-1 victory against the Stars.

Oshie scored the winner by simply sliding the puck past Nikolai Khabibulin, a move he called his favorite.


The Blues bench celebrates a 4-3 come-from-behind shootout victory on Saturday over the Chicago Blackhawks at Scottrade Center. (Getty Images)

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"It's been kind of my go-to-move since high school," Oshie said. "So I stuck with it."

With St. Louis trailing 3-2 late in the third period, Andy McDonald tied it with just 13.9 seconds left. He took a pass from Paul Kariya and beat Khabibulin for his first goal of the season.

"The puck kind of bounced around off a Chicago defender," McDonald said. "It came to me and I just wanted to get the puck on net."

Patrick Kane scored two goals and added an assist for the Blackhawks, who felt they let a win slip away.

"It just felt like we dominated that game and it's 3-1 with 10 minutes left," Kane said. "They got a couple of lucky goals and we end up with the loss."

The Blackhawks came out with urgency in Quenneville's first game behind their bench, and Kane scored his second of the season just 40 seconds in. Blues goalie Manny Legace gave up a big rebound when he couldn't handle Kris Versteeg's soft shot from the right circle. Kane slipped past defenseman Eric Brewer and slid the puck past Legace (4-0).

Legace gave up three goals on 26 shots and was relieved to come away with a victory.

"I give a lot of credit to the boys." Legace said. "They never gave up."

Despite the loss, Quenneville was happy to be back.

"It was good." Quenneville said. "My voice kept going on and off all night but it was great to be back there."

The second period started similarly as the Hawks again scored early. Defenseman Brian Campbell took a pass from Kane and lifted a wrist shot over Legace's glove, giving the Blackhawks a 2-0 lead at 3:43.

St. Louis got on the board late in the second period when rookie center Chris Porter scored at 17:11. After Barret Jackman's shot from the left point got through traffic, Porter was alone in front of the net to beat Khabibulin (1-1-1) with a backhander for his first NHL goal.

Chicago regained its two-goal advantage just three minutes into the third. With the Blackhawks on a power play, Kane took a pass from Campbell, skated in on Legace and wristed a shot over the goalie's right shoulder for a 3-1 lead. Chicago is 2-for-22 this season on power plays.

Keith Tkachuk made it a one-goal game when he one-timed a pass from Oshie past Khabibulin at 9:43 of the third for his sixth goal of the season.

Notes: Blues G Chris Mason had an emergency appendectomy early Friday morning and is expected to miss two weeks. The Blues recalled G Marek Schwarz from AHL Peoria. Schwarz was 0-1. ... Brewer played in his 600th NHL game. ... Quenneville, who was behind the Blues bench from 1996-97 season until the 2003-04 season, is the winningest coach in team history. He went 307-191-18 with 77 ties. He replaced the fired Dennis Savard on Thursday, becoming the 37th Blackhawks coach.


Three star selections
1st:   T.J. OSHIE
2nd:   PATRICK KANE
3rd:   ANDY MCDONALD
Winning Goaltender
Manny Legace

Losing Goaltender
Nikolai Khabibulin

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WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
A. Steen 6 3 0 2 3
D. Backes 6 1 2 0 3
V. Sobotka 6 0 3 4 3
T. Oshie 6 2 0 -4 2
B. Jackman 6 1 1 -1 2
P. Berglund 6 1 1 -3 2
A. Pietrangelo 6 1 1 2 2
K. Shattenkirk 6 0 2 -1 2
D. Perron 6 0 2 -3 2
C. Porter 6 1 0 0 1
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
B. Elliott 2 4 1 .919 1.90

 
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