Blues offense erupts in win against Avs
Official game summary of the match between St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche.The St. Louis Blues got goals from five players in a 5-1 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Scottrade Center on Sunday.
The Blues (7-4-2), who defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 in overtime Saturday, got goals from Robby Fabbri, Jori Lehtera, Jaden Schwartz, Scottie Upshall and David Perron.
Kevin Shattenkirk had three assists and goalie Jake Allen made 22 saves for St. Louis.
The Avalanche (5-6-0) were coming off a 1-0 win against the Minnesota Wild at home on Saturday. Matt Duchene scored and Goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped 20 on 25 shots before being replaced at the start of the third period by Calvin Pickard, who made three saves.
The Blues scored in the first period for the first time in seven games and did so twice in a span of 1:58.
Fabbri scored off a 2-on-1 with Dmitrij Jaskin and beat Varlamov short side 1:37 into the game to give the Blues a 1-0 lead.
Lehtera put the Blues ahead 2-0 when he took Carl Gunnarsson's pass in the slot
and sent a quick shot over Varlamov at 3:35 of the first.
The Avalanche got to within 2-1 when Duchene scored at 6:38 of the second period.
The Blues scored three straight in 4:12 during the second. Schwartz tipped Alexander Steen's shot at 14:54 that broke the Blues' 0-for-19 streak on the power play. Upshall's slap shot from the right circle at 17:03 made it 4-1, and Perron scored his first goal in seven games at 19:06 to make it 5-1.
-- by Louie Korac for NHL.com --
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07/11/2016 - 02:00
