Blues use power play to get past Wild

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03/15/2009 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Boyes had a goal and an assist, and the St. Louis Blues dealt another blow to Minnesota's playoff hopes by topping the Wild, 5-3.

Keith Tkachuk, Brad Winchester, David Backes and David Perron scored for the Blues, who have won seven of 10 overall. Chris Mason made 19 saves to earn the victory.

Andrew Brunette, Stephane Veilleux and Marc-Andre Bergeron tallied a goal apiece for the Wild, who have lost four straight and five of six to remain a point out of playoff contention, behind Edmonton and Nashville. Niklas Backstrom allowed four goals on 29 shots in the first two periods to receive the loss, and Josh Harding made six saves in a perfect third.

The Blues scored the game's first goal at the 14:44 mark of the first. Backes emerged from a scrum in front of the net with the puck and fluttered it toward the net. Backstrom fanned on an attempted glove save, as he watched the puck go behind him.

In a 1:17 span early in the second period, Cal Clutterbuck was given a double minor for high sticking, and Marek Zidlicky was whistled for a delay-of-game and St. Louis capitalized with a pair of 5-on-3 scores. Tkachuk made it 2-0 after stuffing home a rebound at the 6:37 mark, and a wrister by Perron from the left circle gave the Blues a 3-0 edge 1:31 later.

Minnesota got one of the goals back late in the middle frame. With 5:02 left to play, Brunette found a loose puck out in front of the net and hammered it home before Mason was able to locate it.

Winchester tallied for St. Louis with 30 seconds left to restore the team's three-goal lead, 4-1, at the end of two periods.

The Wild mounted a late comeback, with Veilleux scoring at 7:50 of the third and Bergeron tallying on a wrister with 5:36 left to play.

Backstrom was pulled in the final minute, but Boyes sealed it with an empty- net goal for St. Louis.

Game Notes

St. Louis won the season series, 3-1-0, taking a season slate from Minnesota for the first time since the 2002-03 season...The Blues went 3-for-7 on the power play, while Minnesota failed on two chances...The Wild fell to 14-18-2 on the road, while St. Louis improved to 19-13-5 at home.

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