Avs Falls 3-1 To Blues To End Road Trip
The official game recap St. Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche.The St. Louis Blues' top line continues to score at a rapid pace.
Alexander Steen, T.J. Oshie and David Backes combined for four points against the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-1 victory at Scottrade Center on Monday.
Steen had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to 10 games (seven goals, 11 assists). Oshie scored a goal and has 16 points in his past 12 games, and Backes had an assist to extend his point streak to seven games (seven goals, seven assists).
The trio has 53 points in the past 12 games, and the Blues are 7-0-1 in their past eight games and 5-0-1 during their seven-game homestand.
Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an assist for the Blues (29-13-4). Colorado finished the season series against St. Louis with 1-2-2 mark.
The Avalanche (19-18-10), who finished a five-game road trip 1-2-2, got a goal from Matt Duchene. Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves.
With the game tied 1-1, Schwartz put the Blues ahead 32 seconds into the second period with a power-play goal. Steen gave Schwartz a drop pass in the slot, and his slap shot was blocked by Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson, which came back to Schwartz, who put the rebound into an open net.
Oshie gave St. Louis a 3-1 lead after the Blues' top line and top defensive pairing, Jay Bouwmeester and Alex Pietrangelo, had a lengthy amount of time in the Colorado zone. Steen passed to Backes, whose slap shot from the slot was stopped by Varlamov, but Oshie was on the doorstep for a backhand goal 10:40 into the second period.
Defenseman Carl Gunnarsson's second goal of the season and first in 21 games gave the Blues a 1-0 lead after his slap shot from above the blue line deflected off Avalanche forward Alex Tanguay in the slot and past Varlamov 8:06 into the first period.
The Avalanche tied the game 1-1 after Duchene stole the puck and his ensuing backhand pass in the slot caromed off Paul Stastny's stick and past Elliott at 13:02 of the first period.
-- by NHL.com --
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20/01/2015 - 04:00
