ST. LOUIS, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Keith Tkachuk and Pavol Demitra each had two goals and an assist Monday to rally the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 victory over Calgary and a season series from the Flames for the first time in 18 years.
St. Louis took all four meetings with Calgary this season, sweeping the series for the first time since they went 3-0 in 1984-85.
Monday's game matched goaltenders playing against their former teams - Roman Turek of Calgary and Fred Brathwaite of St. Louis.
The Flames blitzed Brathwaite early, scoring three goals on eight shots in the first 8:02. But the Blues clamped down defensively and yielded just 12 shots the rest of the way.
Calgary All-Star Jarome Iginla, the subject of persistent trade rumors, opened the scoring 55 seconds into the game and defenseman Toni Lydman added a power-play goal at 3:04 to make it 2-0.
After Demitra beat Turek with a slapper from the top of the left faceoff circle at 4:13, Blake Sloan restored Calgary's two-goal margin at 8:02.
Tkachuk took a pass from Demitra on a 2-on-1 and scored to pull the Blues within 3-2 with 5:07 left in the first period. Tkachuk tied it with a backhander from the right side of the slot off a rebound of a shot by defenseman Jeff Finley 3:25 into the second.
Tyson Nash put the Blues in front 8 1/2 minutes left in the period and Demitra scored a power-play goal, tipping in a rebound after Turek stopped a blast from the right point by defenseman Al MacInnis with 26 seconds remaining.
