Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Tkachuk-led Blues beat Blackhawks for fourth straight win

Keith Tkachuk had a goal and an assist, and Manny Legace stopped 28 shots to help the St. Louis Blues post their fourth straight win, 3-1 over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

Paul Kariya and Bryce Salvador also scored for the Blues (4-1-0), who got two assists from Brad Boyes.

St. Louis, which entered 2-for-21 on the power play, converted two of three attempts against the Blackhawks.

Jason Williams scored Chicago's lone goal, a fluke power-play score that stood up to a video review.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 23 saves for the Blackhawks (3-3).

Kariya opened the scoring with his first goal of the season on a power play 2:14 into the game. Kariya, who had six assists in St. Louis' previous four games, beat Khabibulin high on the glove side after taking a cross-ice pass from Boyes.

Salvador made it 2-0 at 6:31 on a shot from the left circle that sailed over Khabibulin's right shoulder

Williams' power-play goal made it 2-1 with 6:20 left in the period. His shot bounced off the back boards and landed on top of the St. Louis net. The puck rolled back over the crossbar and crossed the goal line before Legace knocked it out.

Play continued for another 1:08 before the next whistle. During the stoppage, referee Dan O'Halloran asked the NHL office in Toronto to review the play. After the goal was awarded, the clock was rolled back to the time the puck went in at 13:40.

Tkachuk made it 3-1 with a power-play goal at 5:17 of the second. Alone in front to the net, he tucked a feed from Boyes between Khabibulin's pads.

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