From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues lose to Tampa 2-1
Keywords: Blues, Lightning 
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 20:46:07 GMT



  Blues lose to Tampa Bay 2-1
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  Former Blues goalie Pat Jablonski stopped 35 shots and came within
seconds of his first career shutout as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the
Blues 2-1.

  The Blues started the game with a lot of scoring opportunities but 
Jablonski held on as both teams skated to a scoreless first period.
The Lightning struck at 1:51 of the second period. Rob Dimaio who was left
wide open in the slot, scored his first goal of the season to give Tampa 
the lead 1-0. Tucker assisted. Tampa outshot the Blues 11-9 in that 
second period where neither team had a good scoring chance.

The Blues started the third period very strongly outshooting Tampa 12-0
at one time. Brett Hull fired a couple of rockets but Jablonski made some
great saves. Hull had seven shots on goal. With one minute to play in that
last period, Hull had a partial breakaway but Jablonski robbed him and on
that same play 12 seconds later Brian Bradley scored into an empty net
which proved to be the game winning goal. With Joseph pulled, the Blues
scored when Craig Janney deflected Jeff Brown's shot from the right point
with 17.4 second left.  The Blues went 144 minutes without a goal until
Janney scored.

The Blues looked awful. They were disorganized and unable to carry the
puck into the offensive zone. They can't even get a scoring chance on the
power play. They were 0-3 for this game and 2-26 for the season.
Hull, Janney, Rich Sutter and other players showed their frustration by
slamming their sticks on the the bench. Hull hasn't scored a goal in 
3 games in a row.  The Blues outshot their opponent for the first time
this season 36-21.

Game's three stars:     1 - Pat Jablonski
                        2 - Rob Dimaio
                        3 - Rob Zamuner

Blues lines:   Lowry - Janney - Hull
               Shanahan - Korolev - Emerson
               Bozon - Bassen - Rich Sutter
               Karamnov - Wilson - Prokhorov

Defensive pairings:  Cavallini-Norwood
                     Brown-Zombo
                     Butcher-Baron

scratches: Giles, Quintal, Chase

Dan Laperriere has the flu, Ron Sutter and Bret Hedican are injured.

The Blues play Minnesota next on thursday at the St. Louis Arena.

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