Blues skate past Wild
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02/19/2007 -
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Backes' pair of scores lifted the Blues
to a 5-3 win over the Wild at Scottrade Center.
Jamal Mayers, Jay McClement, and Keith Tkachuk also lit the lamp for St.
Louis, which has won three in a row and four of six. Lee Stempniak recorded
two assists, and Manny Legace stopped 33 shots to pick up the victory.
Marian Gaborik scored and picked up one assist for Minnesota, which has lost
two of three. Adam Hall and Pavol Demitra also tallied, and Mark Parrish
collected a pair of helpers.
Niklas Backstrom picked up the loss, and stopped 21 shots before leaving the
game after two periods. Josh Harding was a perfect four-of-four in 18 minutes
of third-period relief.
Having surrendered a two-goal lead late in the first period, the Blues snapped
to attention and wrapped up the game with a three-goal middle stanza.
A pair of scores in a 2:39 span early in the period restored the two-goal
cushion, as McClement made it 3-2 at 5:01 and Backes netted his second of the
game at 7:40.
Tkachuk put the Blues up 5-2 with 3:23 left in the period, whacking home a
loose puck behind Backstrom in the crease for his 20th goal of the season.
After several shifts of constant pressure late in the contest, Demitra brought
the Wild within 5-3 with 3:10 left in regulation, banking a puck which caromed
off the end boards off Legace's head and into the net.
Harding went to the bench with almost two minutes to go, but the Blues spent
more time with the puck in their half of the ice, missing two chances for an
empty-net score before time ran out.
Mayers put a damper on Minnesota's first power-play chance 6:34 into the game,
giving the Blues a 1-0 lead with a far-side shot from the outer edge of the
right circle.
Backes followed with a power-play tally with 8:02 to play the first, taking
his own rebound and beating Backstrom with a wrister in the top right corner.
Hall brought the Wild within one with 5:51 to play in the first, batting a
floating puck out of mid-air in the slot and bouncing it into the net just
inside the far post, and only two seconds remained when Gaborik tallied to tie
the game 2-2.
Game Notes
Minnesota is 6-2-0 in the last eight matchups with St. Louis, and both teams
have split a pair of games this season...The Wild scored once in five power
play chances, while the Blues ended with one goal on seven opportunities.
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Kansas City, MO - Kansas City has not officially named Matt Cassel its starting quarterback, but there can be no doubt now.
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After praising his leadership and work ethic through spring workouts, the Chiefs announced Tuesday they had signed the 27-year-old Cassel to a multiyear contract. Terms were not disclosed, but he will almost certainly be one of the highest-paid members of the team.
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Patriots made him their franchise player, meaning his salary for this season will be about $15 million.
New head coach Todd Haley, taking over for Herm Edwards after a 2-14 season, refused to name a starter at any position during offseason workouts. But it was obvious to everyone the team belonged to Cassel.
"I go out there each and every day with that focus that I'm the starter," Cassel said during a June minicamp. "Competition brings out the best in everybody."
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