From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues beat Lightning 4-2
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 10:15:31 GMT


11/21/93    BLUES BEAT LIGHTNING 4-2
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  The St. Louis Blues finally beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 at the St.
Louis Arena after losing to them twice in their previous two meetings. 
The Blues came out storming in the first period outshooting the Lightning
20-5 and scoring three goals to lead 3-0.  If not for Pat Jablonski, the
Blues could have scored more.  Jablonski was very brilliant but his team
was overmatched by his former teammates.
 
Brett Hull got the Blues going with a power-play goal at 6:05 of the period,
10 seconds into Rob Ramage's boarding penalty.  While the Blues worked the
puck at the points, Hull sneaked into the high slot and snapped the shot past
Jablonski after a sharp pass from Craig Janney. Emerson got the second assist.
The Blues continued to apply pressure, with the checking line of Bob Bassen
Rich Sutter and Philippe Bozon swarming all over Jablonski.  The former Blue
didn't crack, but his teammates did. Brian Bradley was caught for holding
at 11:17.

Jablonski made three big saves, two on Jeff Brown and another on Emerson,
before Korolev circled out of the corner and beat Jablonski with a slap shot
between the pads at 12:41 for his third goal of the season.  The shot was the
Blues' 15th of the period.  Garth Butcher's high-sticking penalty at 15:33
should have put the Lightning on the attack, but Blues' penalty killers Bassen
and Rich Sutter spent as much time in Tampa's zone as they did defending their
zone.  The Blues didn't allow a shot on goal on the Tampa power play, and  
Butcher jumped into a three-on-two rush when the penalty expired.  Hull skated 
past Marc Bergevin and poked the puck to Rick Zombo, who slid a pass to 
Butcher in the crease. Butcher batted the puck past Jablonski at 17:44 for 
his first goal of the season.  The three goals was the most for the Blues in
the first period of a game this season, and the 20 shots on goal was their
most in a period this season.

The Blues seemingly had the game under control, but they promptly gave it back
to the Lightning at the start of the second period.  The Lightning started the
period as the Blues started the game, scoring twice in the first 3:39 to cut
the Blues' lead to 3-2.  First, Shawn Chambers slid the puck to a wide open
Creighton in the slot, and Creighton beat Blues goalie Curtis Joseph at 1:47.
Then, after Zombo's tripping penalty at 3:21, Bradley zipped past Lee Norwood
on a give-and-go with Chambers at the Blues' blue line and raced in on right
wing. Bradley slid the puck under Joseph at 3:39 to cut the Blues lead to 3-2.

Hull missed two golden opportunities to restore the Blues' two-goal lead a few 
minutes later. He wound up and rifled a big slap shot into Jablonski's pads,
then was robbed by a sliding Jablonski on a snap shot from the slot.  Hull
showed his frustration as he skated off the ice, slamming his stick -- and
breaking it -- on the glass by the Blues' bench.  The Blues averted disaster
midway through the period when Murray Baron and Butcher took penalties in a
span of 1:08.  The Blues killed Tampa's 52-second, two-man advantage and the
remainder of Butcher's penalty to come out unscathed.

Emerson then slipped a shot past Jablonski with 2:04 left in the period, the
only bad goal the former Blue gave up all night.  Defenseman Peter Taglianetti
took Korolev and Janney out of the play along the right wing boards, but not
before Korolev slid the puck toward the slot.  Emerson snapped a shot that
deflected off Jablonski's stick.

Both teams were scoreless in the third period despite the Blues outshooting
the Lightning 12-5.  The Blues outshot the Lightning 42-25 in the game.

The game's three stars:   1 - Nelson Emerson  (1 goal and 2 assists).
                          2 - Pat Jablonski (38 saves).
                          3 - Igor Korolev (1 goal and 1 assist).

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

Defensive pairings:  Garth Butcher - Murray Baron
                     Jeff Brown    - Stephane Quintal
                     Lee Norwood   - Rick Zombo

scratches: Vitali Karamnov (groin), Curt Giles (knee), Dave Lowry (knee),
           Brendan Shanahan (groin).

Bluenotes:
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- The Blues victory is only their second in 10 Norris division games.

- Brett Hull scored a goal to extend his goal scoring streak to three games.

- Brendan Shanahan missed his 12th consecutive game but he will be back on
  Wednesday when the Blues play the Redwings in Detroit.


BOX SCORE
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BLUES 4, LIGHTNING 2

TAMPA BAY      0      2      0 -- 2
BLUES          3      1      0 -- 4

FIRST PERIOD

    B -- (PPG) Hull 10 (Janney, Emerson) 6:05

    B -- (PPG) Korolev 3 (Emerson, Miller) 12:41

    B -- Butcher (Zombo, Hull) 17:44

    Penalties -- Chase (B), fighting, 2:35; Hartman (TB), fighting, 2:35;
Ramage (TB), boarding, 5:55; Bradley (TB), high-sticking, 8:10; Bozon (B),
high-sticking, 8:10; Bradley (TB), holding, 11:17; Butcher (B), high-sticking,
15:33.

SECOND PERIOD

      TB -- Creighton 6 (Chambers) 1:47

      TB -- (PPG) Bradley 14 (Creighton, Beers) 3:39

      B -- Emerson 7 (Korolev, Janney) 15:56

      Penalties -- Zombo (B), tripping, 3:21; Baron (B), holding, 12:34;
Butcher (B), cross-checking, 13:43.

THIRD PERIOD

     No scoring

     Penalties -- Hamrlik (TB), hooking, 5:18; Ramage (TB), tripping, 8:28; Ron
Sutter (B), tripping, 11:51.

SHOTS ON GOAL

TAMPA BAY     5      15       5 -- 25
BLUES        20      10      12 -- 32

Power-play Opportunities -- Tampa Bay 1 of 6; Blues 2 of 4.

      Goaltenders -- Tampa Bay, Jablonski (6-5-2); (42 shots, 38 saves); Blues,
Joseph (4-9-3); (25-23); Referee -- Blaine Angus; Linesmen -- Brian Murphy, Dan
Schachte. A -- 17,604.

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