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SPORTS A21
Monday 15 February 2016
of 10 consecutive home Blues a sweep of their quick
wins. Sunday’s victory - two Florida road swing.
nights after Elliott had 29 Bishop finished with 19
saves in a 5-3 win over the saves.q
Panthers - also gave the
Tampa Bay Lightning center Vladislav Namestnikov (90), of Russia, is sent into the boards on a
check by St. Louis Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson (6) during the second period of an NHL
hockey game Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in Tampa, Fla.
Associated Press
NHL glund scored on break- leading 23rd goal for the
aways and Brian Elliott- Lightning with 52 seconds
Continued from page 17 stopped 37 shots as the St. remaining.
It was Schlemko’s seventh Louis Blues held on for a The Blues were outshot 23-
goal of the season. The 2-1 victory over the Tampa 14 through two periods,
game then settled into the Bay Lightning on Sunday yet led 1-0 after Fabbri
expected defensive bat- night. skated in alone on Bishop
tle. The Devils and Kings are Elliott was superb until Niki- and lifted a shot over the
among the NHL’s leaders ta Kucherov scored in the goaltender’s left shoulder,
for fewest goals allowed. final minute for Tampa Bay, giving the rookie goals in
Both teams cut off the mid- which lost for the third time consecutive games and
dle of the ice, forcing each in four games and had a a career-best four-game
other to play on the out- nine-game home winning point streak. Paul Stast-
side. The few shot attempts streak stopped. nyassisted and now has 14
Kinkaid and Enroth faced Fabbri scored his 13th goal, points in 13 career games
were mostly from the pe- beating Ben Bishop with against the Lightning.
rimeter. a perfectly-placed shot The Blues won the first
‘’Both teams checked re- less than a minute into the meeting 2-0 in St. Louis on
ally well,’’ Kings coach second period. Berglund Oct. 27 and the Lightning
Darryl Sutter said. made it 2-0 at 17:41 of the looked like it might be
The toughest saves of the third, scoring unassisted blanked again when Elliott
game came in the third pe- when his shot caromed stopped Braydon Coburn-
riod. Kinkaid made a pad off Bishop’s pads before from point-blank range
stop on a shot from the slot glancing off Berglund’s with 14 minutes left, Kuch-
with two Kings at the top skate into the net. Officials erov two minutes later and
of the crease. Then Enroth initially ruled no goal, but finally Alex Killorn wioth just
matched Kinkaid with pad overturned the decision over nine minutes left.
stops on Stempniak later in after instant replay deter- Nevertheless, the St. Louis
the period. mined the Blues center did goalie improved to 6-2-1
Blues 2, Lightning 1 not intentionally kick the in his career against Tam-
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Rob- puck. pa Bay, which was trying
by Fabbri and Patrik Ber- Kucherov scored his team- to try a franchise record
