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NHL: Vancouver 4, St. Louis 2

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Published: March. 9, 2008 at 1:13 AM

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 9 (UPI) -- Third-period goals by Brad Isbister and Henrik Sedin led the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-2 win over St. Louis Saturday night.

Mattias Ohlund and Alex Burrows scored the other Vancouver goals and Roberto Luongo made 23 saves to help the Canucks climb into the eighth playoff spot in the Western Division with 78 points.

Brad Boyes scored both St. Louis goals and Manny Legace let in three goals on 28 shots for the Blues, who have lost four of their last five games.

Isbister scored the decisive goal at 15:48 of the third on a feed from Burrows. Sedin scored on an empty net during the game's closing seconds.

Topics: Alex Burrows, Brad Boyes, Brad Isbister, Henrik Sedin, Manny Legace, Mattias Ohlund, Roberto Luongo, St. Louis
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