From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues beat Senators 5-1
Keywords: Blues, Senators, Hull, Janney, Shanahan
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:07:56 GMT


   Brett Hull and Craig Janney each had four points and Brendan Shanahan 
had five points as the Blues beat the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night at the 
St. Louis Arena. Hull scored two goals and had two assists while Janney had
a goal and three assists, and Shanahan a goal and four assists. Nelson
Emerson scored the other Blues goal. Sylvain Turgeon scored for Ottawa. 

The Blues opened the first period scoring on their first two shots on goal.
Shanahan scored a nice goal at 3:16. Hull got the puck to Janney on right
wing and Janney passed it to Shanahan breaking to the net. Shanahan deked
defenseman Mark Osiecki and beat Sidorkiewicz with a low shot for a 1-0 lead.
Janney made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 7:20, scoring on a brilliant 
setup from Hull. Hull threaded a pass from behind the net through the crease,
and Janney whacked it past Sidorkiewicz. 

Emerson scored at 12:33 after a fine individual effort by Shanahan. Shanahan
skated out from behind the net, circled in front while holding off a defender
and shot the puck. Sidorkiewicz stopped the shot, then the second and the
third. None of the Senators bothered to clear the puck or take the man, and
Emerson skated in uncontested to score on the rebound and give the Blues a
3-0 lead. Turgeon cut the Blues lead to 3-1 at 14:03. Bob Kudelski's hard
work behind the net and his subsequent pinpoint pass set up Turgeon for a
quick one-timer into the top corner of the net. Curtis Joseph was screened
and didn't see the puck.

Although that was the end of the Senators' offense, Hull was just getting
started. He scored twice in the second period, his 33rd and 34th of the
season. Janney and Shanahan assisted on both.

On the first, at 6:55, Hull skated in late to take Janney's quick centering
pass and snapped a shot that deflected in off Sidorkiewicz's shoulder.
On the second, at 8:16, Hull rocketed a shot from the slot, again on a slick
centering pass from Janney with the Blues on a power play. 
The Blues outshot the Senators 31-22. 

The game's three stars:   1 - Brett Hull
                          2 - Craig Janney
                          3 - Brendan Shanahan

Game notes:

- Brett Hull extended his point-scoring streak to seven games. He has 14
  points in that span, with 8 goals and 6 assists. His four-point game 
  tonight was his third of the season. He has no hat tricks so far.

- Tonight, it was the Blues' 50th game of the season. 
  Two years ago, Hull came home to celebrate his first entrance into the
  exclusive 50-50 club after scoring his 50th goal in the previous game, 
  the Blues' 49th of the season, at Detroit.
  Last season, Hull joined Wayne Gretzky as the only two-time members of the
  50-50 club, scoring his 50th goal in the Blues' 50th game, at Los Angeles.
  Hull has 34 goals in 50 games this season.

- Curtis Joseph had a relatively easy night in goal for a change. He seems 
  to face 40 shots in every start, but on this night, the Blues held the 
  Senators to 22 shots on goal.

- The Blues were two of six on the power play, scoring a power-play goal
  in the 16th of the last 17 games. Ottawa was scoreless on four power plays,
  extending their scoring drought with the man- advantage to 44.

The Blues lines:  Kevin Miller     - Ron Sutter   - Brett Hull
                  Brendan Shanahan - Craig Janney - Nelson Emerson
                  Philippe Bozon   - Ron Wilson   - Rich Sutter
                  Dave Lowry       - Bob Bassen   - Kelly Chase

Defensive pairings:  Garth Butcher - Murray Baron
                     Bret Hedican  - Rick Zombo
                     Curt Giles    - Stephane Quintal

scratches: Igor Korolev, Vitali Prokhorov.
injuries : Jeff Brown (foot), Lee Norwood (ankle), Guy Hebert (pulled muscle).

Box score:
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BLUES 5, SENATORS 1
OTTAWA         1      0      0  --  1
BLUES          3      2      0  --  5

FIRST PERIOD

    B -- Shanahan 27 (Janney, Hull) 3:16
    B -- (PPG) Janney 11 (Hull, Shanahan) 7:20
    B -- Emerson 18 (Shanahan) 12:23
    O -- Turgeon 17 (Kudelski, Osiecki) 14:03

    Penalties -- Peluso (O), interference, 6:03; Zombo (B), holding stick,
9:40; Baker (O), holding, 9:45; Ron Sutter (B), slashing, 9:45; Loewen (O),
interference, 15:51.

SECOND PERIOD

    B -- Hull 33 (Janney, Shanahan) 6:55
    B -- (PPG) Hull 34 (Janney, Shanahan) 8:16

    Penalties -- Loewen (O), interference, :56; Chase (B), holding stick, 4:20;
Peluso (O), elbowing, 7:22; Ottawa bench, served by Brady (unsports- manlike
conduct), 16:54.

THIRD PERIOD

    No scoring

    Penalties -- Miller (B), tripping, 11:49; Lowry (B), tripping, 14:34;
Peluso (O), interference, 14:50; Turgeon (O), high-sticking, 18:26; Bassen (B),
high-sticking, 18:26.

SHOTS ON GOAL

OTTAWA  7      9      6  --  22
BLUES   8     14      9  --  31

    Power-play Opportunities -- Ottawa 0 of 4; Blues 2 of 6.

    Goaltenders -- Ottawa, Sidorkiewicz, 3-32-3 (22 shots-17 saves), Berthiaume
(0:00 third, 9-9). Blues, Joseph, 14-18-4 (22-21). Referee -- Paul Devorski.
Linesmen -- Dan Schachte and Shane Heyer. A -- 15,554.

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