Jaroslav Halak stopped Minnesota's Matt Cullen, Dany Heatley and Devon Setoguchi in the shootout and the Blues win 3-2, their first shootout win of the season.
The Blues only went one for three, with Kevin Shattenkirk scoring, but it was good enough. T. J. Oshie and Jamie Langenbrunner were stopped by Minnesota netminder Jaoch Harding, who was outstanding for the Wild.
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Shattenkirk scores on Blues second shot.
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The Blues completely dominated the overtime, but are headed to a shootout. The Blues are 0-5 in shootouts, one for 17 in shootout shots this season.
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We're going to overtime. Blues out-shoot the Wild 42-27 shots in regulation.
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Official calls Roman Polak for a penalty because the Wild player in front of him falls head first into the boards with 5:24 to play.
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The Blues have a power play with less than 12 minutes to play. Still tied 2-2.
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The Blues are out-shooting the Wild 28-16, but they will have to win the third period.
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The Wild ties it with a goal by Jared Spurgeon with 3:28 to play. The Wild all of a sudden have been all over the Blues in the last few minutes.
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The Blues get a power-play goal to take the lead at 10:39. Alex Pietrangelo scores his seventh goal, with assists to David Backes and T. J. Oshie.
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David Perron picks up a a loose puck and rips it home for his third goal of the season at 8:04. It is Perron's first goal in 14 games. Chris Stewart and Kevin Shattenkirk get assists.
Ryan Reaves then fights Brad Staubitz. Good scrap.
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Great save by Halak on Mikko Koivu. Stiil 1-0.
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The Blues are doing their best to make the opposing netminder the star of the game. The Note had 17 shots on goal in the first period, but go to the intermission without a goal. Josh Harding was terrific in goal for the Wild, but...
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Blues forward Christ Stewart gets into his first fight of the season with Clayton Stoner. Call it a draw.
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The Wild go ahead at 7:13. David McIntyre tips a shot in traffic that changes direction and caroms past Jaroslav Halak. It is McIntyre's first goal.
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Blues netminder Jaroslav Halak makes a fabulous pad save on Kyle Brodziak to help the Blues kill of a four-minute penalty at the outset.
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The Blues, right off the bat, have to try to kill a major penalty to David Backes.
