From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues tie Oilers 4-4
Keywords: St. Louis, Blues, Edmonton, Oilers, Brett Hull 
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 06:38:12 GMT



   The Blues made an impressive comeback from a 3-0 deficit to tie the
Edmonton Oilers 4-4 at the St. Louis Arena.
The Oilers started the first period on fire and led 3-0 midway through
that period. Craig Muni sent Joseph Beranek on a break in on right wing,
Curtis Joseph made the save on Beranek's shot but Blues defenseman Rick
Zombo missed his check on Beranek and crashed into Joseph. With Joseph 
and Zombo out of the play, Kelly Buchberger backhanded the puck into the
net giving the Oilers a 1-0 lead at 3:24.

Two minutes later, the blues gave up another soft goal.  No one contested
Hawgood as he skated from behind the net, through the left circle, spun
and wristed a shot over Joseph's right shoulder at 5:38. Joseph allowed 
those two goals on just 4 shots.

At 11:47 Jeff Brown picked a hooking penalty and Simpson scored just 12
seconds into the resulting power play.  Manson's shot from the point 
was deflected wide, but Bernie Nicholls retrieved the puck and passed it
to Simpson in the slot to increase the lead to 3-0.

Late in the first period, Martin Gelinas received a hooking penalty. On 
that power play, Bill Ranford stopped Lee Norwood's shot from the left
point but the puck bounced to Janney in the right circle, and he poked 
it to Hull in the slot. Hull rifled the puck past Ranford to cut the lead
to 3-1.

As bad as the Blues came out in the first period, they came out that strong
in the second. Aggressive play from the forwards, particularly Rich Sutter 
and the checking line created all kinds of turmoil for the Oilers, who took 
three consecutive penalties in the period. 

The second penalty, on Bryan Glynn for holding, resulted in Brown's seventh
goal of the season. Hull and Nelson Emerson worked the puck around the
perimeter, and Brown unleashed his hard shot from the right point.  Ranford
never saw the shot behind Kevin Miller's screen and the puck beat him high 
to the glove side at the 10-minute mark, cutting Edmonton's lead to 3-2.

After Luke Richardson's penalty for elbowing Bassen, Ranford made two good
saves to maintain the Oilers' lead. He robbed Hull and Miller on back to
back shots from the left circle. Ranford made two more good saves on Bassen 
as the Blues finished a run of 10 consecutive shots on goal.

So frustrated were the Oilers by period's end that Shayne Corson dumped
Blues' center Ron Wilson over the boards and into the Oilers bench. This
started a skirmish with 24.9 seconds left in the period. Referee Mick 
McGeough gave Corson a roughing penalty and a 10-minute misconduct. Dave 
Mackey and Richardson got 10-minute misconducts.

The Blues limited the Oilers to only one shot on goal in the second period 
outshooting them 10-1.

The Blues continued their inspired play at the start of the third period,
and it resulted in the tying goal at 2:01. Wilson set up Rich Sutter in the
slot, and Sutter beat Ranford for his second goal of the season.

Miller gave the Blues' their first lead of the game, picking the top corner
over Ranford's right shoulder at 7:05. Janney set up the play, carrying the
puck into the Oilers' zone and skating between four Oilers before passing to
Miller. Joseph also picked up his first assist of the season.

After the first period, Joseph got little work. He faced just one shot in
the second period and only four before the Oilers' Manson tied the score 4-4
with a short-handed goal at 13:29.
With Esa Tikkanen in the box for hooking, Corson sent Manson off on a
two-on-one break on left wing. Manson shot the puck in the top corner 
to tie the game 4-4. 

The Blues had a couple of good chances in overtime outshooting the Oilers
3-1 but goalie Bill Ranford made two bid pad saves on Brett Hull.


The game's three stars:   1 - Craig Janney (2 assists)
                          2 - Dave Manson (1 goal and 1 assist)
                          3 - Rich Sutter (1 goal)


Blues lines:  Miller - Janney - Hull
              Mackey - Bassen - Rich Sutter
              Prokhorov - Emerson - Korolev
              Bozon - Wilson - Miehm

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

Blue Notes:

- Vitali Prokhorov got injured early in the first period and didn't come
  back to play.

- The Blues faced only 20 shots, the fewest this season.

- The Blues are winless in their last 4 games 0-3-1 and are in last place
  in the Norris Division with an overall record of 5-9-2 for 12 points.

- Blues Chairman Mike Shanahan phoned former Chicago general manager 
  Mike Keenan to express condolences about Keenan's recent firing.
  Shanahan also told Keenan that his statement last week about having 
  "no interest" in Keenan was meant not as a slam of Keenan but as vote of 
  confidence for Blues coach Bob Berry. Shanahan and the Blues still view 
  as the eventual replacement for Blues' general manager Ron Caron.


BOX SCORE
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Edmonton  3 0 1 0-4
St. Louis 1 1 2 0-4

   First Period-1, Edmonton, Buchberger 2 (Beranek, Muni), 3:24. 2, Edmonton,
Hawgood 2 (Simpson, Nicholls), 5:38. 3, Edmonton, Simpson 9 (Nicholls, Manson),
11:59 (pp). 4, St. Louis, Hull 7 (Janney, Norwood), 18:04 (pp).
Penalties-Brown, StL (hooking), 11:47; Gelinas, Edm (holding), 17:03.

   Second Period-5, St. Louis, Brown 7 (Emerson, Hull), 10:00 (pp).
Penalties-Maley, Edm (slashing), :22; Glynn, Edm (holding), 8:33; Richardson,
Edm (elbowing), 11:22; Mackey, StL (hooking), 14:45; Corson, Edm, minor-
misconduct (roughing), 19:35; Richardson, Edm, misconduct, 19:35; Mackey, StL,
misconduct, 19:35.

   Third Period-6, St. Louis, Rich Sutter 2 (Wilson, Baron), 2:01. 7, St.
Louis, Miller 2 (Janney, Joseph), 7:05. 8, Edmonton, Manson 3 (Corson,
Gilchrist), 13:29 (sh). Penalty-Tikkanen, Edm (hooking), 12:40.

   Overtime-None. Penalties-None.

   Shots on goal-Edmonton 12-1-6-1-20. St. Louis 11-10-7-3-31.

   Power-play Opportunities-Edmonton 1 of 2; St. Louis 2 of 6.

   Goalies-Edmonton, Ranford, 4-8-2 (31 shots-27 saves). St. Louis, Joseph,
3-7-2 (20-16).

   A-15,404.

   Referee-Mike McGeough. Linesmen-Pierre Champoux, Jerry Pateman.


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