Chris Stewart had a goal and two assists as the
Colorado Avalanche downed the St. Louis Blues, 5-2, at Pepsi Center.
Brandon Yip had two goals while Paul Stastny added a goal and an assist for
the Avalanche, who have won three of their last four. Craig Anderson stopped
32 shots in the loss.
Eric Brewer and Erik Johnson each lit the lamp for the Blues, who have dropped
four of five. Chris Mason started in net but was pulled in the second period
after giving up five goals on 15 shots. Ty Conklin finished the game between
the pipes and stopped all 18 shots he faced.
With the score tied in the second, the Avs exploded for three goals in the
frame to take the lead.
The first one came at the 2:25 mark of the period when Ryan Wilson threw a
shot on net from the high slot that hit off of Stewart and went into the net.
About 1 1/2 minutes later, Marek Svatos' forechecking caused a turnover in the
St. Louis end, and he threw the puck to the right circle where Stastny lifted
a backhander into the right corner.
Just over 2 1/2 minutes after Stastny's goal, Yip's simple wrister from the
left circle found its way past Mason, who was pulled in favor of Conklin after
the goal, for a 5-2 lead.
"We just let it get out of hand there in the second period," Mason said. "It
was a combination of turning the pucks over and me not being able to make a
save."
In the third period, Anderson was sharp as he stopped all 11 shots he faced to
keep St. Louis from gaining any momentum.
St. Louis got on the board just 3:34 into the game on Brewer's sixth goal of
the season.
Colorado, though, tied the game just 28 seconds later as T.J. Galiardi
received a pass at the right circle and skated into the low slot where he
fired a wrister into the top right corner.
Less than four minutes later, Johnson again gave the Blues a one-goal lead on
his fifth goal of the season, but Yip's tip-in on the power-play with 3:18
left in the first tied the game back up.
"Any time you can contribute to the team you feel good about yourself," Yip
said. "A lot of guys contributed tonight. It was a team effort."
Game Notes
Colorado hosts Atlanta on Wednesday...St. Louis hosts Detroit on
Tuesday...Colorado took a 4-0 decision in St. Louis on December 7...Colorado
is 8-0-0 on Monday this season...Colorado went 1-for-6 on the power play
while St. Louis failed to score on any of its three chances.
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