Final
Blue Jackets host Blues in season finale
Apr 6, 2008 - 1:49 PM St. Louis (32-36-13) at Columbus (34-35-12) 3:00 pm EDTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) -- With little left to play for outsideof pride, two Central Division rivals do battle Sunday when theSt. Louis Blues meet the Columbus Blue Jackets.Long a postseason staple, St. Louis will miss the playoffs forthe third straight season after making 25 consecutive postseasonappearances. A lackluster offense has been partly to blame asthe Blues' 201 goals this season is the third-worst total in theNHL.As difficult as production on offense has been for St. Louis, ithas been even harder for the Blue Jackets, who have an NHL-low192 goals.While the Blues found some offense in the first game of thehome-and-home series on Saturday, it was more of the same forColumbus as it was handed a 3-0 defeat.St. Louis center Keith Tkachuk scored twice to move within onegoal of becoming the 41st player in NHL history with 500 whileManny Legace turned away 25 shots to earn his 27th careershutout.The home team has won all seven meetings this season.- NHL
FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ST LOUIS 1 1 2 4
COLUMBUS 1 0 0 1 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: COB - (PP) MICHAEL PECA 8 (RICK NASH, RON HAINSEY) 4:50
STL - DAVID BACKES 13 (DAVID PERRON, JEFF WOYWITKA) 14:46
2ND PRD: STL - BRAD BOYES 43 (KEITH TKACHUK, PAUL KARIYA) 13:08
3RD PRD: STL - (PP) DAVID PERRON 13 (ER
Apr 6 5:33 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 4
COLUMBUS 1
3RD PRD: STL - (EN) KEITH TKACHUK 27 (ERIK JOHNSON, BARRET JACKMAN)
18:26
Blues 4, Blue Jackets 1 3rd - 1:34Apr 6 5:32 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 3
COLUMBUS 1
3RD PRD: STL - (PP) DAVID PERRON 13 (ERIC BREWER, LEE STEMPNIAK) 10:12
Blues 3, Blue Jackets 1 3rd - 9:48Apr 6 5:09 PM - ------------------------------
St Louis
1 1 --2
Columbus 1 0 --1
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Shots on goal:
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St Louis 7 4 --11
Columbus 14 13 --27
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Goalies : St Louis, Hannu Toivonen (27 shots, 26 saves). Columbus,
Fredrik Norrena (11 shots, 9 saves). Referees: Rob Marte
Apr 6 4:33 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 2
COLUMBUS 1
2ND PRD: STL - BRAD BOYES 43 (PAUL KARIYA, ERIC BREWER) 13:08
Blues 2, Blue Jackets 1 2nd - 6:52Apr 6 4:22 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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ST LOUIS 1 1
COLUMBUS 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: COB - (PP) MICHAEL PECA 8 (RICK NASH, RON HAINSEY) 4:50
STL - DAVID BACKES 13 (DAVID PERRON, JEFF WOYWITKA) 14:46
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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STL 7 7
Apr 6 3:41 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 1
COLUMBUS 1
1ST PRD: STL - DAVID BACKES 13 (DAVID PERRON, JEFF WOYWITKA) 14:46
Blues 1, Blue Jackets 1 1st - 5:14Apr 6 3:33 PM - NHL
ST LOUIS 0
COLUMBUS 1
1ST PRD: COB - (PP) MICHAEL PECA 8 (RICK NASH, RON HAINSEY) 4:50
(TWO-MAN ADVANTAGE)
Blues 0, Blue Jackets 1 1st - 15:10Apr 6 3:18 PM
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