Steen extends scoring streak to 13 in Blues win

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Steen extends scoring streak to 13 in Blues win

Alexander Steen scored his league-leading 17th goal and added an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Steen extended his scoring streak to 13 games, the longest for a Blue since Pierre Turgeon had a 15-game streak in 1999-2000.

The Blues won for the fifth time in six games despite giving up two short-handed goals on the same power play for the first time in more than 20 years. St. Louis last allowed that on Oct. 8, 1992, against the then-Minnesota North Stars.

Roman Polak had a goal and assist for St. Louis. David Backes and T.J. Oshie also scored for the Blues and Brian Elliott made 18 saves.

Eric Staal and Nathan Gerbe scored the Carolina goals. The Blues have scored first in their past 10 games, and did so again Saturday when Polak converted Chris Stewart’s centering pass at 9:25 of the second period. Backes scored 2:11 later with a shot from a bad angle to make it 2-0.

It appeared that the Blues were in position to add to their lead when Carolina received a bench minor for too many men at 15:05 of the period. Instead, the Hurricanes scored their first two short-handed goals of the season to tie the game.

AP
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