From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues lose to Red Wings 5-3
Keywords: Blues, Hull, Janney, Red Wings, Yzerman
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:06:14 GMT


   The Blues lost to the Red Wings 5-3 in the first game of a home-and-home
series Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena. Jimmy Carson, Paul Ysebaert, Ray
Sheppard, and Sergei Fedorov scored for Detroit and Konstantinov sealed the
victory by adding an empty net goal with 6.4 seconds left in the game. 
Brett Hull, Ron Wilson, and Ron Sutter scored for St. Louis. The Red Wings
outshot the Blues 39-32 in a game marred by two major altercations in the
third period. (I'll talk about that later).

The Blues came out playing really well in the first period and killing two
straight penalties on Hull and Hedican in the early minutes. Hull scored the
only goal of the period at 14:53 to give the Blues a 1-0 lead. He picked up
the puck in his own end and carried it up ice to the Red Wings blue line, he
passed it on left wing to Dave Lowry. Lowry returned the pass to Hull who
moved in on Cheveldae and beat him to the far side.

The Red Wings came out storming in the second period, outshooting the Blues 
8-0 and tying the game. Brad McCrimmon kept the puck along the right boards
with some good forechecking and passed it to Jimmy Carson who set up a wide
open Ray Sheppard in the slot to tie it 1-1 at 6:54. The tie didn't last
long as the Blues reclaimed the lead just 26 seconds later on a goal from
Ron Wilson. Good pressure by the Blues' checking line of Wilson, Rich Sutter
and Philippe Bozon allowed Rich Sutter to pick up the puck behind the Red
Wings' net. Sutter tried a wrap-around shot, Cheveldae made the initial save
and Ron Wilson knocked in the rebound for a 2-1 lead.

The Red Wings retied the game on a five-on-three power play after an awfully
questionable call by referee Terry Gregson. With the Wings already on the
power play, Butcher pushed Dino Ciccarelli from in front of the net and the
'master of the dive' Ciccarelli took one of his patented dives, and Gregson
called a roughing penalty on Butcher. Chiasson blasted a shot from the point
and Carson scored on the uncleared rebound at 15:35 on the resulting two-man
advantage. This call and the goal changed the game momentum in favor of the
Wings as Paul Ysebaert scored the go-ahead goal two minutes later. Stephane
Quintal got caught pinching on right wing to hit Shawn Burr while Fedorov 
broke in for a two-on-one with Ysebaert. Fedorov slid a pass to Ysebaert,
who sent it past a sprawling Guy Hebert. Hebert suffered a pulled leg muscle
on the play and was replaced by Curtis Joseph in the third.

Midway in the third period, Joseph made a spectacular glove save on a shot
by Lidstrom. Seconds later, Ysebaert stripped the puck from Lowry and passed
to Fedorov who scored at 11:28 and gave Detroit a 4-2 lead. On the issuing
face-off, Brett Hull carried the puck on right wing and made a great behind
the back pass to Lowry whose shot was stopped by Cheveldae. Ron Sutter who
followed the play, scored on the rebound to cut the lead to 4-3. The goal
came just 15 seconds after Fedorov had put the Wings up 4-2. Konstantinov
clinched the game with an empty-net goal with 6.4 seconds to play as the
Red Wings won the game 5-3. There were two major scuffles in the third.

First, a shoving match between Lowry and Chiasson escalated into a major
scuffle. Lee Norwood jumped in to rescue Craig Janney from a scuffle with
Konstantinov and Gallant. Linesmen had to wrestle Norwood off the ice.

Later, Ron Sutter and Steve Yzerman squared off in a fight in the Blues' 
zone. Detroit's Sheldon Kennedy jumped in, and Curt Giles tackled him. Even
Brett Hull dropped his gloves in that incident.

The game's three stars:   1 - Sergei Fedorov
                          2 - Brett Hull
                          3 - Tim Cheveldae
Game notes:

- The Blues defense is really struggling. For the second game in a row,
  the opponents' goals were scored on turnovers in the Blues zone. The lack
  of not having defenseman Jeff Brown is really hurting the team.

- Brett Hull played one of his best games of the season. Despite the lack
  of decent linemates, Hull is on pace to score 53 goals and set a career
  high with 56 assists for 109 points. How can people call this struggling ?
  Don't forget that Hull has been playing with "grinding" centers all season.

- The Janney line with Shanahan and Emerson hasn't been producing lately and
  was non-existant tonight. Maybe it's time to put Hull on a line with Janney.

- Some words were exchanged between Blues tough guy Kelly Chase and coach Bob
  Berry after the game. Chase never got off the bench in this physical game.
  I don't know much about the story but I think that Berry also had some words
  with Hull. I'll have more on that tomorrow when the newspaper comes out.

The Blues lines: Kevin Miller     - Ron Sutter   - Brett Hull
                 Brendan Shanahan - Craig Janney - Nelson Emerson
                 Philippe Bozon   - Ron Wilson   - Rich Sutter
                 Dave Lowry       - Igor Korolev - Kelly Chase *(Hull)
* Chase was benched and Hull was double-shifting in his place.

Defensive pairings: Curt Giles  - Garth Butcher
                    Rick Zombo  - Bret Hedican
                    Lee Norwood - Stephane Quintal
   
Scratches: Murray Baron, Vitali Prokhorov.
Injuries : Jeff Brown (broken foot), Bob Bassen (broken foot).

Box score:
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RED WINGS 5, BLUES 3

BLUES        1      1      1  --  3
DETROIT      0      3      2  --  5

FIRST PERIOD
    B -- Hull 30 (Lowry) 14:53

    Penalties -- Hull (B), interference, :54; Hedican (B), interference, 2:57;
Ysebaert (D), tripping, 10:53.

SECOND PERIOD
    D -- Sheppard 18 (Carson, McCrimmon) 6:54
    B -- Wilson 6 (Rich Sutter, Bozon) 7:20
    D -- (PPG) Carson 24 (Chiasson, Drake) 15:34
    D -- Ysebaert 19 (Fedorov, Burr) 17:58

    Penalties -- Lidstrom (D), hooking, 1:46; Kennedy (D), cross-checking,
12:03; Hedican (B), tripping, 14:33; Butcher (B), roughing, 15:12; Probert (D),
high-sticking, 18:39.

THIRD PERIOD
    D -- Fedorov 22 (Ysebeart) 11:48
    B -- Ron Sutter 8 (Lowry, Hull) 12:03
    D -- (ENG) Konstantinov 3 (Fedorov) 19:53

    Penalties -- Tolbert (D), roughing, :56; Norwood (B), roughing, 5:27;
Konstantinov (D), roughing, 5:27; Norwood (B), minor-misconduct (roughing),
8:52; Janney (B), roughing, 8:52; Gallant (D), roughing, 8:52; Konstantinov
(D), roughing, 8:52; Ron Sutter (B), major (fighting), 16:48; Yzerman (D),
major (fighting), 16:48; Kennedy (D), game misconduct, 16:48.

    SHOTS ON GOAL

    BLUES    11      9     12  --  32
    DETROIT   8     16     15  --  39
  
    Power-play opportunities -- St. Louis 0 of 5 ; Detroit 1 of 4.

    Goaltenders -- Blues, Hebert (24 shots-21 saves) and Joseph, 12-18-4 (0:00
third, 14-13). Detroit, Cheveldae, 18-17-3 (32-29). Referee -- Gregson.
Linesmen -- Pare, Vines. A -- 19,701.

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