From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues tie Leafs 2-2
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:16:09 GMT


11/16/92    BLUES tie MAPLE LEAFS 1-1
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   The St. Louis Blues and the Toronto Maple Leafs skated to a 2-2 tie
at MLG in their first meeting of the season.  Brett Hull scored his 8th 
goal of the season to tie the game with 15 seconds left in the third period.

Both teams were scoreless in a very boring first period. The Blues and Leafs
combined for 12 shots on goal, Toronto outshooting St. Louis 9-3.
The only scoring chance of the period came around the 10 minute mark with
the Leafs on the power play. Dimitri Mironov fired a shot from the right
point, Joseph made the save and the rebound deflected to Nikolai Borschevski
who had an open net but Joseph took a dive across the net and made a great
glove save.

The second period was a little more entertaining but both teams were still
playing very defensively.  The Leafs scored the first goal of the game when
Kent Manderville recovered the puck behind the Blues net and tried a wrap
around shot.  Joseph made the initial save but Dave Mcllwain, who was in front
of the net, poked the puck underneath Joseph to put the Leafs up 1-0 at 1:53.
The Blues tied the game midway through the period.  Rick Zombo made a very
nice pass to Igor Korolev in the right corner, Korolev passed to Craig 
Janney who was breaking in from the right point.  Janney faked a shot and 
set up Nelson Emerson who put it in the open net to tie the game 1-1 at 9:21.
 
In the third period, the Blues allowed the Leafs only 3 shots on goal but
Bob Rouse still managed to score to put the Leafs up 2-1 at 15:17.  Doug
Gilmour outplayed Blues defenseman Murray Baron behind the Blues net and
recovered the puck. He made a nice pass to Rouse who was coming in from the
right point, Rouse fired a shot that was first deflected by Dave Mackey's
stick then hit the tip of Joseph's stick before bouncing off the goal post
into the net. 

With 2:05 to play in the game, Garth Butcher and Wendel Clark received 
coincidental penalties. On the next play, Curt Giles rushed the puck up
the ice and made a nice pass to Kevin Miller at the left point.  Bob Rouse
pulled Miller down and referee Denis Morel sent him to the penalty box for
holding.  The Blues pulled Joseph for a two man advantage.  On the issuing
faceoff, the Leafs couldn't control the loose puck as Craig Janney got hold of
it and passed it to Brown at the right point. Brown fed it to Ron Sutter at
the bottom of the circle who set up Brett Hull in the slot.  Hull released
a quick shot past Felix Potvin to tie the game 2-2 with 15 seconds left.
Neither team had a good chance to score in overtime.

Game's three stars:  1 - Doug Gilmour
                     2 - Ron Sutter
                     3 - Jeff Brown
  (I think Hull should have been the third star with his game tying goal.) 

Blues lines:   Ron Wilson     - Ron Sutter     - Brett Hull
               Kevin Miller   - Craig Janney   - Kelly Chase
               Dave Mackey    - Bob Bassen     - Rich Sutter
               Philippe Bozon - Nelson Emerson - Igor Korolev

Defensive pairings: Jeff Brown - Garth Butcher
                    Rick Zombo - Murray Baron
                    Curt Giles - Stephane Quintal

scratches: Kevin Miehm, Vitali Karamnov, Lee Norwood.
injuries : Brendan Shanahan, Vitali Prokhorov, Dave Lowry.

Notes:
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- Ron Sutter is back in the lineup and he looked very good.
 
- The Blues very well defensively in 4 consecutive games.  In that span,
  they held the opposition to 23 or fewer shots each game.

- Brett Hull now has 8 goals and 17 assists for 25 points after 19 games.
  Last year, he had 17 goals and 8 assists for 25 points after 19 games.

- Bobby Hull was in attendance. 


BOXSCORE
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BLUES 2, MAPLE LEAFS 2

BLUES          0      1      1      0 -- 2
TORONTO        0      1      1      0 -- 2

FIRST PERIOD

    No Scoring; Penalties -- Giles (B), tripping, 9:54; Butcher (B),
high-sticking, 11:49; Krushelnyski (T), high-sticking, 11:49; Lefebvre (T),
tripping, 13:17; Quintal (B), kneeing, 15:35.

SECOND PERIOD

    T -- McLlwain 3 (Manderville, Macoun) 1:53

    B -- Emerson 6 (Janney, Korolev) 9:21

    Penalty -- Hull (B), tripping, 11:33.

THIRD PERIOD

    T -- Rouse 1 (Gilmour, Borschevsky) 15:11

    B -- (PPG) Hull 8 (Ro. Sutter, Brown) 19:45

    Penalties -- Pearson (T), elbowing, 1:51; Miller (B), interference, 2:12;
Butcher (B), roughing, 17:55; Clark (T), roughing, 17:55; Rouse (T), holding,
19:22.

OVERTIME

    No Scoring; Penalties -- none.

    Power-Play Opportunities -- Blues 1 of 3; Toronto 0 of 4.

SHOTS ON GOAL

BLUES         3       7       9       0 -- 19
TORONTO       9      10       3       1 -- 23

    Goaltenders -- Blues, Joseph (4-8-3; 23 shots-21 saves); Toronto, Potvin
(7-3-2; 19-17). R -- Denis Morel. A -- 15,764.

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