Balanced attack fuels St. Louis Blues' 2nd rout of San Jose Sharks in 5 days

Brian Elliott stopped 24 shots and seven different St. Louis players recorded a goal in the Blues' 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks at Scottrade Center.

Alex Steen, Jay Bouwmeester, Paul Stastny, Jori Lehtera, T.J. Oshie, Patrik Berglund and David Backes all lit the lamp for the Blues, who have won three in a row and tied a season high for offensive output set in an identical 7-2 victory at San Jose five days ago.

Logan Couture and Melker Karlsson scored for the Sharks, who have dropped five of their last eight contests.

Antti Niemi was pulled after giving up five goals on 21 shots in 33-plus minutes. Alex Stalock finished up and yielded the other two St. Louis scores.

[SportsNetwork.com]