From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues extinguish Flames 3-2 in OT
Keywords: Blues, Flames, Hull, Janney, Shanahan
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 07:07:35 GMT


   Brendan Shanahan scored at 2:58 of overtime to give the Blues a 3-2 win
over the Calgary Flames Thursday night at the St. Louis Arena. Jeff Brown
and Rich Sutter scored the other Blues goals, Paul Ranheim and Theo Fleury
scored for the Flames. Both teams got stellar goaltending, Hebert for the
Blues and Vernon for the Flames.

In a very fast paced first period, the Flames had a chance to score first
but Guy Hebert made a great save on a short-handed breakaway on Fleury in
the game's first minute. Shortly after that, he stopped Robert Reichel on
a break-in. From there, the Blues totally dominated the rest of the period
outshooting the Flames 13-6. Only superior goaltending by Mike Vernon kept
the Flames in the game. He robbed Rich Sutter and Kevin Miller on short-
handed chances, and made an incredible save on a Brett Hull point blank shot
from the slot. 

Brown finally broke Vernon's spell with 1 minute 18 seconds remaining in 
the period, scoring a power-play goal. Suter had pulled down Brown 29 seconds 
earlier, and Brown converted Ron Sutter's pass after Brett Hull had rushed
in on left wing. Hull's rush created a two-on-one break for Sutter and Brown.

The Flames tied the game 1-1 on a power-play goal 36 seconds into the second
period. Suter's first shot hit the post, but Gary Roberts retrieved the puck
in the corner and passed it to Ranheim who blasted a shot from the slot. 
The power play was one of three that Gregson gave the Flames in the second
period. The Blues, who were given only one power play in the period,  killed
the Flames' next two, with Hebert making big saves on Suter and Reichel.

Although the Flames had the three power plays, the Blues outshot them 8-7
and had the better scoring chances. Between them, Shanahan and Nelson Emerson
had five chances. Vernon stopped Shanahan on a rebound and on a two-on-one
with Emerson, after which Emerson put the rebound over a virtually empty net.
Emerson later had a chance in the slot and a short-handed breakaway but Vernon
made a pad save on it. 

The Blues came out storming in the third period and Rich Sutter gave them a
2-1 lead at 8:11. Craig Janney carried the puck from his own blue line and
made a nifty move to get around two defenders before passing the puck to
Rich Sutter. Theo Fleury tied the game 2-2 at 16:41 when he deflected
Reichel's shot past Hebert.

Referee Terry Gregson totally swallowed his whistle in overtime and both
teams took advantage of that. Nelson Emerson rushed the puck into the Flames
zone and used Hull as a decoy. He passed to Shanahan who blasted the game
winning goal past Vernon at 2:58 of overtime to give the Blues a well deserved
victory over the Flames.

The game's three stars:  1 - Brendan Shanahan 
                         2 - Guy Hebert 
                         3 - Mike Vernon.
The game's number one star should have been Mike Vernon who had a really
outstanding performance.

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

Defensive pairings:   Jeff Brown  - Garth Butcher
                      Rick Zombo  - Bret Hedican
                      Lee Norwood - Stephane Quintal

scratches: Curt Giles, Vitali Karamnov, Murray Baron.
injuries: Curtis Joseph (ankle), Bob Bassen (foot), Vitali Prokhorov (shoulder)

Bluenotes: 
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- Earlier in the day, Shanahan has been suspended for six days without pay 
  and fined $500 for a high-sticking incident against Minnesota's Mike Craig
  on Dec. 22. Shanahan will lose $21,738 in pay because of the suspension in
  addition to the fine. Stein also fined the Blues $21,738.

- The Blues won consecutive games for the first time since Oct. 31.
- The Blues beat the Flames for only the third time in the last five seasons.

Box score:
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BLUES 3, FLAMES 2

CALGARY       0      1      1      0  --  2
BLUES         1      0      1      1  --  3

FIRST PERIOD
    B -- (PPG) Brown 14 (Ron Sutter, Hull) 18:42

    Penalties -- Lindberg (C), holding, :34; Hebert (B), delay of game, 2:29;
Fleury (C), slashing, 17:04; Janney (B), slashing, 17:04; Suter (C), hooking,
18:13; Musil (C), roughing, 19:43; Norwood (B), roughing, 19:43; Rich Sutter
(B), elbowing, 19:43.

SECOND PERIOD
    C -- (PPG) Ranheim 12 (Roberts, Reichel) :36

    Penalties -- Zombo (B), tripping, 1:09; Johansson (C), delay of game, 5:07;
Rich Sutter (B), elbowing, 15:10; Shanahan (B), hooking, 17:52.

THIRD PERIOD
    B -- Rich Sutter 5 (Janney, Shanahan) 8:11
    C -- Fleury 17 (Reichel, Suter) 16:41

    Penalties -- Suter (C), interference, 1:36; Leeman (C), interference, 5:30;
Chase (B), high-sticking, 9:13; Vernon (C), delay of game, 14:13; Norwood (B),
hooking, 14:49; Musil (C), roughing, 18:30; Ron Sutter (B), roughing, 18:30.

OVERTIME
    B -- Shanahan 20 (Emerson) 2:58

    Penalties -- None.

SHOTS ON GOAL
    CALGARY   7      7     10      1  --  25
    BLUES    13      8     18      1  --  40

    Power-play Opportunities -- Calgary 2 of 7; Blues 1 of 6.

Goaltenders -- Calgary, Vernon, 20-10-2 (40 shots-37 saves).
               Blues, Hebert, 5-4-2 (25 shots-23 saves).

Referee -- Terry Gregson. Linesmen -- Brad Lazarowich, Leon Stickle.

A -- 16,883.

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