St Louis Blues News

The St. Louis Blues, last overall in the NHL despite a change in ownership and several player upgrades, fired coach Mike Kitchen on Monday night and replaced him with former Los Angeles Kings coach Andy Murray. Blues president John Davidson said Murray received a long-term contract after negotiations in New York on Sunday. Murray was fired by the Kings last March. ``We realize we're a team that's got a long ...

Lee Stempniak scored twice and assisted on Petr Cajanek's tie-breaking goal early in the third period to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday night. Cajanek converted a rebound of Stempniak's shot from the slot 2:57 into the third to snap a 3-3 tie. Stempniak, in his second pro season, had his first three-point game in the NHL, and Bill Guerin also scored for the Blues. Radim Vrbata had a goal and ...

Sami Salo had one chance and little time. Salo scored with less than a second left in overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. ``I thought there would be time for one move,'' he said. ``So that's what I did and just found a hole.'' Salo assisted on Markus Naslund's goal that sent the game into overtime. Naslund, who had an assist on the game-winner, tied the score ...

Owen Nolan scored his first goal in two years, and the Phoenix Coyotes' offense broke out in a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. Nolan, out of the NHL since the 2003-04 season, scored one of Phoenix's three goals in the third period. Mike Comrie and Mike Zigomanis also scored in the third period to put the game out of reach. Nolan made it 4-2 with just over five minutes left and about ...

Radek Dvorak scored the tie-breaking goal in the third period and added an assist to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday night. Dvorak broke a 3-3 tie with 6:18 left in the third period when he took a pass from Petr Cajanek and beat Chicago goalie Brian Boucher with a wrist shot from the left circle. Martin Rucinsky also had a goal and assist for the Blues, who won their second ...

Lee Stempniak scored in regulation and then had the game-winning goal in the shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in their home opener Thursday night. Bruins goalie Tim Thomas held the Blues scoreless for the first 56 minutes, but the Blues, who were shut out in their last game, scored twice in a 2:30 span late in the third period to ...

Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 34 shots in his 22nd career shutout and Chris Kunitz scored two power-play goals in the Anaheim Ducks' 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. The Blues, who had the NHL's worst record last season, have dropped a club-record 12 straight road games. They will take an 0-3 record into their home opener Thursday. Curtis Sanford made his season debut in goal for St. ...

Alexander Frolov scored the tiebreaking goal and rookie forward Anze Kopitar had three assists as the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 Saturday night. Mathieu Garon stopped 35 shots to help the Kings improve to 8-0-4 in their last 12 home openers. Lubomir Visnovsky, Michael Cammalleri and Brent Sopel also scored for the Kings, whose last loss in a home opener was a 5-2 defeat to Vancouver on October 6, 1993. Kopitar, a 19-year-old centre ...

After a tying goal in the final seconds, an injured referee and an 18-minute delay to fix a bizarre hole in the boards, Curtis Brown just wanted the San Jose Sharks' opener to have a finish. So he provided it, scoring on a rebound with 2:48 left in overtime of the Sharks' 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Brown reached around a defenceman and tipped home ...

John Davidson left the safety of the broadcast booth for life on a high wire when he agreed to become St. Louis Blues president. Davidson, formerly the top U.S.-based colour analyst, has spent the summer rebuilding a roster that was stripped down for a fire sale that led to the Blues not only ending a 25-year playoff run but finishing last overall. He seems to be enjoying the task of ...