Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

NHL: St. Louis 4, Vancouver 2

|
|
 
  
St. Louis Blues goaltender Chris Mason (50) and Vancouver Canucks Daniel Sedin exchange words in the second period at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on March 26, 2009. St. Louis won the game 4-2. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt) 
License photo
Published: March. 26, 2009 at 11:42 PM

ST. LOUIS, March 26 (UPI) -- Goals from David Perron and Andy McDonald broke open a tie game in the third period Thursday and sent the St. Louis Blues to a 4-2 triumph over Vancouver.

The Blues began the night in 11th place in the Western Conference, but moved within one point of a spot among the top eight in the tightly-bunched playoff race with their third straight win.

With the game tied 2-2 after two periods, Perron put the Blues in front 2:58 into the third period by tipping in a shot by Keith Tkachuk on the power play. McDonald also scored on the power play with just 34 seconds to go in regulation.

Chris Mason stopped 21 of 23 shots for the Blues, giving him 10 victories in his last 15 starts.

Vancouver missed a chance to move within a point of Calgary for the lead in the Northwest Division. The Flames stayed three points in front of the Canucks despite losing to Columbus earlier in the evening.

Topics: Andy McDonald, David Perron
© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Linsanity The Daytona 500 Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler
fark
Today's mass mall shooting brought to you by Toronto, ON
Iowa school superintendent abruptly resigns after they learn she was using her work email to conduct...
New radio-transmission analysis provides credible evidence that Amelia Earhart landed on small Pacific...
Although it is wildly amusing in movies, in real life nobody laughs when you drive off with a baby...
One advantage of going sleep drunk
Chicago Fark Party - 9 June - New bat time, new bat channel