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BLUE JACKETS 6, BLUES 4

St. Louis112-4Columbus213-6 First Period-1, St. Louis, Backes 6 (R.Johnson, Hinote), 7:54. 2, Columbus, Nash 23 (Fedorov), 12:08. 3, Columbus, Hainsey 4 (Vyborny, Fedorov), 17:21 (pp). Penalties-Tkachuk, StL (hooking), 15:31; Brewer, StL, minor-misconduct (cross-checking), 15:48; Fedorov, Clm (hooking), 20:00. Second Period-4, Columbus, Chimera 6 (Fritsche, Foote), 7:57. 5, St. Louis, Boyes 24 (McDonald, Kariya), 17:59 (pp). Penalties-Nash, Clm (hooking), :45; Kariya, StL (hooking), 14:38; Columbus bench, served by Brassard (too many men), 16:44. Third Period-6, St. Louis, McDonald 8 (Stempniak, Backes), 3:33. 7, Columbus, Zherdev 16 (Vyborny, Foote), 14:03. 8, Columbus, Fritsche 7 (Chimera, Malhotra), 15:21. 9, Columbus, Zherdev 17 (Vyborny, Foote), 18:03 (pp). 10, St. Louis, McClement 5, 19:22. Penalties-McKee, StL (interference), :50; Vyborny, Clm (interference), 6:44; Foote, Clm (interference), 7:27; Foote, Clm (unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:24; Perron, StL (hooking), 16:15; Mayers, StL, major (fighting), 19:12; Boll, Clm, major-misconduct (fighting), 19:12; Jackman, StL (roughing), 20:00; Backes, StL (roughing), 20:00; Methot, Clm (roughing), 20:00. Shots on Goal-St. Louis 4-14-12-30. Columbus 13-10-14-37. Power-play opportunities-St. Louis 1 of 6; Columbus 2 of 5. Goalies-St. Louis, Toivonen 5-5-3 (37 shots-31 saves). Columbus, Leclaire 14-8-3 (30-26). A-15,233 (18,136). T-2:31.

WILD 5, BLACKHAWKS 2

Minnesota131-5Chicago101-2 First Period-1, Chicago, Sopel 1, 3:49. 2, Minnesota, Foy 4 (Sheppard, Johnsson), 6:36. Penalties-Bourque, Chi (interference), 4:18; Hill, Min (holding stick), 14:10; Veilleux, Min (roughing), 19:23. Second Period-3, Minnesota, Gaborik 23 (Belanger), 10:37. 4, Minnesota, Bouchard 8 (Koivu, Rolston), 13:16 (pp). 5, Minnesota, Parrish 13 (Belanger), 19:00. Penalties-Rolston, Min (cross-checking), 6:28; Burish, Chi (roughing), 12:19; Veilleux, Min, major (fighting), 19:01; Ruutu, Chi, major (fighting), 19:01; Burns, Min (holding), 19:54. Third Period-6, Chicago, Havlat 6 (Lang, Byfuglien), 1:11 (pp). 7, Minnesota, Gaborik 24 (Demitra), 18:25 (en). Penalties-Parrish, Min (slashing), :41; Foy, Min (holding stick), 14:18; Voros, Min (unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:26; Burish, Chi (unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:26. Shots on Goal-Minnesota 5-6-5-16. Chicago 7-16-20-43. Power-play opportunities-Minnesota 1 of 2; Chicago 1 of 6. Goalies-Minnesota, Harding 9-8-1 (43 shots-41 saves). Chicago, Khabibulin 15-16-3 (15-11). A-21,139 (20,500). T-2:32.

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