Beware The Blues...An OBG Production NHL 10

[onlybygrace]

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Blues Steal Two Points Against Vancouver

5 (18-13-3)
@
4 (16-18-2)

Stats
STL VAN
Shots
2-1st-12
6-2nd-15
7-3rd-15
15-TOT-42
0/1-PP-2/6

Summary

The St. Louis Blues were fortunate tonight to get a poor showing from Roberto Luongo, who surrendered 5 goals on 15 shots while his Canucks would pick up a loss despite a 42-15 shot advantage. Also unfortunate for Vancouver was the loss of Daniel Sedin after a hit from David Backes that will cost the Canucks forward as much as two weeks on the DL. Patrick Berglund notched four points (1G, 3 A) on the night while Ty Conklin was solid, stopping 38 of 42 Vancouver shots in the win.

Player of The Game: Patrick Berglund with a goal and 3 assists.

Key Stats

Berglund Goal (11) 3 Assists, +4
Johnson Goal (8) Assist
Backes Goal (9) Assist
Kariya Goal (10)
McDonald Goal (10)
Conklin 38/42

Grabner 2 Goals (2)...2 goals in just 4 games this season
Sundin Goal (5)
Demitra Goal (14)
Luongo 10/15
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Blues Continue To Make Most Of Chances; Roll 6-3 Past Edmonton

6 (19-13-3)
@
3 (21-11-4)

Stats
STL @ EDM
Shots
11-1st-11
9-2nd-14
3-3rd-16
23-TOT-41
1/5-PP-1/5

Summary

The St. Louis Blues have scored 11 goals on their last 38 shots while also getting solid netminding, fueling the Blues to a couple of wins they otherwise probably didn't deserve. The Blues would get TJ Oshie's 16th and 17th goals of the season while Andy McDonald would pick up 3 assists on the night. Patrick Berglund remains hot, notching a goal and an assist while Chris Mason stopped 38 of 41 shots as the Blues move to 19-13-3 on the year.

Player Of The Game: TJ Oshie collect a PPG and a SHG in the 6-3 victory.

Key Stats

McDonald 3 Assists
Oshie 2 Goals (17), 4 SOG, SHG, PPG
Berglund Goal (12) Assist...3 Goals and 6 assists in last 3 games
Colaiacovo Goal (1)
Boyes Goal (7)
Kariya ENG (11)
Mason 38/41

Moreau Goal (9)
Hemsky Goal (10)
Osullivan Goal (12)
Khabibulin 10/14 in 22:39
Seslaeriers 7/8 in 36:59
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Iginla and Co. Cool Blues Down; Shut St. Louis Out 5-0

0 (19-14-3)
@
5 (21-11-4)

STL @ CAL
Shots
8-1st-8
11-2nd-18
11-3rd-5
30-TOT-31
0/5-PP-3/5

Summary

The Calgary Flames continue to play solid hockey as they move to 21-11-4 on the strength of a Jarome Iginla hat trick and a 30 save shutout by Mikka Kiprusoff at the expense of the St. Louis Blues who had won 3 straight and and scored 11 goals in their last two games. In the loss, the Blues suffered yet another injury to the defensive corp. as Carl Colaiacovo is once again on the DL with a broken wrist and will likely miss up to 5 weeks.

Player Of The Game: Jarome Iginla scored 3 goals giving him 20 on the season.

Key Stats

Backes/Kariya/McClement 4 SOG
Conklin 26/31

Iginla Hat Trick (20), 8 SOG
Conroy Goal (9) Assist
Bouwmeester/Phaneuf Assists
Glencross Goal (7)
Kiprusoff 30/30, SO (3)
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Injury Report

The Blues will once again be without the services of Carl Colaiacovo who broke his wrist against the Flames. It is anticipated that he will miss up to 5 weeks. Colaiacovo has already missed 3 games this season, playing in 33 games while tallying 1 goal and 4 assists with a -2 and a remarkable 4 PIM as his discipline has been his strength.

The Blues will call up Jonas Junland from Peoria. Junland is the first call up of the season for the Blues and he has been solid for the Rivermen, playing 31 games while adding 1 goal and 13 assists with a +10.

[onlybygrace]

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Wild Edge Blues 2-1

1 (19-15-3)
@
2 (18-17-3)

STL @ MIN
Shots
5-1st-9
10-2nd-8
11-3rd-7
26-TOT-24
0/1-PP-0/2

Summary

In a practically penalty-free affair, the Minnesota Wild etched their way above .500 with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. TJ Oshie scored his 18th goal of the season for the Note while the Wild would get markers from Brunette and Clutterbuck in the win. Chris Mason continues to turn his game around, stopping 22 of 24 shots while Backstrom would stop 25 of 26 on the night.

Player of The Game: Niklas Backstrom stopped 25 of 26 shots.



Key Stats

Oshie Goal (18), 4 SOG
Brewer/McDonald Assists
Mason 22/24

Brunette GWG (13)
Clutterbuck Goal (11)
Backstrom 25 of 26
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Stafford Scores Four; Sabres Sink Blues 4-3

4 (22-15-1)
@
3 (19-16-3)

BUF @ STL
Shots
12-1st-16
4-2nd-7
12-3rd-9
28-TOT-32
3/5-PP-1/8

Summary-

The Buffalo Sabres would get 4 goals from Drew Stafford in a 4-3 win over the Blues tonight including the game winning goal with 7 seconds left in regulation. Stafford not only scored four goals, but he scored four goals on four shots. The Blues would get 2 goals from Jay McClement while Ty Conklins struggles continue, stopping just 24 of 28 on the night.

Player Of The Game: Drew Stafford scored 4 goals on 4 shots including the GWG with 7 ticks left in regulation.



Key Stats

McClement 2 Goals (9)
Boyes Goal (8)
Kariya/Oshie/Tkachuk Assists
Conklin 24/28

Stafford 4 Goals (15), 4 SOG
Conolly 2 Assists
Miller 29/32
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Kariya Moves Up

With Brad Boyes struggling to the tune of just 8 goal with most of the seasons first half behind us, the team is moving Paul Kariya up to the first line to play with Andy McDonald and TJ Oshie while Brad Boyes will play on the second line with Berglund and Backes.

[pgawxmanjr]

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Good job I'm following. Played with blues last year.

[onlybygrace]

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Thanks for any comments guys...

[onlybygrace]

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Blues Rebound With Win Over Preds

2 (16-21-3)
@
4 (20-16-3)

NSH @ STL
Shots
7-1st-16
11-2nd-8
7-3rd-6
25-TOT-30
0/5-PP-3/9

Summary-

The rivalry between the Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues is alive and well as the Blues scored 3 third period goals to beat the Preds by a 4-2 count. Keith Tkachuk scored his 11th goal of the season and added an assist while Paul Kariya also notched a goal and a helper on the night. Chris Masons play is beginning to level out as he is working his way back into the starting job as the Blues have really been on a 'starter by committee' program thus far. The Blues were 3/9 on the PP on the night.

Player Of The Game: Keith Tkachuk scored the GWG and added an assist.



Key Stats

Tkachuk Goal (11) GWG, Assist
Kariya Goal (12) Assist, leads team with 123 SOG
Boyes Goal (9)
Backes Goal (10)
Berglund, Perron Assists
Mason 23 of 25

TooToo Goal (5)
Sullivan Goal
Ellis 26/30

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Blues Conquer Vancouver In OT

2 (16-21-4)
@ In OT
3 (21-16-3)

VAN @ STL
Shots
10-1st-7
7-2nd-9
9-3rd-9
29-TOT-27
0/4-PP-0/6

Summary-

Andy McDonald scored twice in a 3-2 St. Louis win tonight over the Vancouver Canucks who themselves recieved a pair of goals from Kyle Wellwood in the loss. The game was sloppily played as the Blues and Canucks registered 30 and 28 penalty minutes respectively. The two teams combined to go 0/10 on the PP on the night.

Player Of The Game: Andy McDonald register a pair of goals including the GWG in OT.



Key Stats

McDonald 2 Goals (12), GWG
Johnson Goal (9)
Kariya/Oshie/Boyes Assists
Mason 27/29

Wellwood 2 Goals (8)
Samuelsson 2 Assists
Luongo 24/27
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Blues Heating Up With Win Over Rival Hawks

2 (20-17-4)
@
5 (22-16-3)

CHI @ STL
Shots
16-1st-4
6-2nd-7
13-3rd-9
35-TOT-20
0/2-PP-3/7

Summary-

The Blues cashed in on a hot PP tonight as three powerplay goals propelled St. Louis to a win they may have not otherwise deserved as Chicago outshot the Blues 35-20 on the night. Chris Mason's stellar performance in the net for the Note was key to the win as he would stop 33 of 35. The Blues, of late, have been fortunate in games where they've been mightily outshot.

Player Of The Game: Chris Mason is regaining the confindence of the squad and head coach Andy Murry with his solid play of late.



Key Stats

Backes Goal (11) Assist, 7 PPG on the season
Tkachuk Goal (12) Assist
Berglund Goal (13) Assist
Johnson Assist
Kariya Goal (13)
Boyes Goal (10)
Mason 33/35

Byfuglien Goal (14)
Ladd Goal (9)
Huet 15/19

Mid Season Report Coming Soon...

[GoldenJet]

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Nice job with this man, good work.

[onlybygrace]

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St. Louis Blues Midseason Report



Oshie Mania Continues--

The Blues have been led by a breakout season from TJ Oshie who has already amassed a career high 18 goals.



Berglund Progressing Into Star Forward--

Patrick Berglund has had a tremendous sophmore season racking up 13 goals and 23 assists in the first 41 games.



Blues Young Linchpin Thriving--

The Blues have had an outstanding contribution from Erik Johnson, who has 9 goals...on pace for 18 goals and nearly 50 points this season.



Brad Who???

Boyes has been a bust through the first half of the campaign as the sniper has only hit the back of the net 10 times on 102 shots.



Kariya Heating Up--

After a slow start with just 2 assists in his first 8 games of the season, Paul Kariya has tallied 13 goals and 15 assists for 28 points in the last 32 games.



Who Wants It???

The Blues netminders Ty Conklin and Chris Mason have yet to take form into anything other than complete unpredictability, forcing Head Coach Andy Murray to adapt a 1a/1b scenario. Conklin and Mason have played 1301 and 1173 minutes respectively.

Blues Team Stats On The Way...

[onlybygrace]

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Blues 1st Half Stats For 2009-2010

Record: 22-16-3 (6th In West)

Player Stats

Berglund 41 GP / 13 G / 23 A / 36 Pts / 26 PIM / +4 / 109 SOG
Oshie 41 GP / 18 G / 17 A / 35 Pts / 41 PIM / +2 / 97 SOG
McDonald 41 GP / 12 G / 21 A / 33 Pts / 47 PIM / -2 / 101 SOG
Backes 39 GP / 11 G / 20 A / 31 Pts / 70 PIM / +6 / 77 SOG
Kariya 41 GP / 13 G / 17 A / 30 Pts / 36 PIM / -4 / 129 SOG
Tkachuk 41 GP / 12 G / 15 A / 27 Pts / 35 PIM / -10 / 69 SOG
Johnson 41 GP / 9 G / 14 A / 23 Pts / 33 PIM / -5 / 76 SOG
Brewer 41 GP / 5 G / 17 A / 22 Pts / 22 PIM / +8 / 73 SOG
Boyes 41 GP / 10 G / 10 A / 20 Pts / 31 PIM / -8 / 102 SOG
Polak 41 GP / 3 G / 14 A / 17 Pts / 35 PIM / +9 / 30 SOG
McClement 41 GP / 9 G / 7 A / 16 Pts / 10 PIM / +4 / 60 SOG
Perron 41 GP / 4 G / 9 A / 13 Pts / 28 PIM / +1 / 50 SOG
Pietrangelo 32 GP / 2 G / 7 A / 9 Pts / 22 PIM / -5 / 27 SOG
Jackman 33 GP / 1 G / 6 A / 7 Pts / 52 PIM / -2 / 27 SOG
Colaiacovo 33 GP / 1 G / 4 A / 5 Pts / 4 PIM / -2 / 12 SOG
Steen 41 GP / 3 G / 0 A / 3 Pts / 11 PIM / -1 / 19 SOG
Weaver 20 GP / 1 G / 1 A / 2 Pts / 11 PIM / Even / 11 SOG
Winchester 29 GP / 0 G / 2 A / 2 Pts / 6 PIM / Even / 4 SOG
Janssen 41 GP / 0 G / 2 A / 2 Pts / 25 PIM / -1 / 10 SOG
Crombeen 14 GP / 1 G / 0 A / 1 Pt / 2 PIM / -1 / 6 SOG
Junland 5 GP / 0 G / 0 A / 0 Pts / 0 PIM / -1 / 6 SOG

Goaltender Stats

Conklin 23 GP / 3.14 GAA / 11 Wins / 9 Losses / .895 SV% / 1 Shutout / 1301 Minutes
Mason 22 GP / 2.86 GAA / 11 Wins / 10 Losses / .901 SV% / 1173 Minutes

[Qb]

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We want Ben Bishop!!!

[bthomp05]

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Way to go Oshie. Nice updates

[onlybygrace]

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We want Ben Bishop!!!

Don't wanna rush him...but anythings possible.

[onlybygrace]

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Around The NHL

Midseason Report

Who's Hot

The Columbus Blue Jackets are leading the Western Conference with an incredible 28-12-2 record on the back on a true career year for Rick Nash who leads the NHL with 61 points in 42 games.

Danny Heatley has racked up 34 goals in the campaigns first half.

The Philadelphia Flyers are tearing up the Eastern Conference with a 27-10-3 record and highest winning percentage in the league.

The duo of Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier is still a dominant force as the two are 5th and 7th in the NHL scoring race.

Who's Not

The Detroit Redwings who represented the Western Conference in the Stanley Finals last season find themselves in the Western Conference celler half-way through the regular season. Will the Wings be sellers at the deadline or buyers in their push to do what the Blues did last season, coming out of the celler to earn a playoff birth...6th seeded no less.

The Vancouver Canucks are 14th in the Western Conference despite being heavily hyped as a top favorite in the Western Conference this season.

Western Conference Standings

1. (28-12-2) 58 pts
2. (23-13-5) 51 pts
3. (23-12-5) 51 pts
4. (23-13-5) 51 pts
5. (22-14-4) 48 pts
6. (22-16-3) 47 pts
7. (21-18-3) 45 pts
8. (20-17-4) 44 pts
9. (20-17-3) 43 pts
10. (19-19-3) 41 pts
11. (18-18-5) 41 pts
12. (17-21-3) 37 pts
13. (17-23-2) 36 pts
14. (16-21-4) 36 pts
15. (16-20-4) 36 pts


Eastern Conference Standings and League Leaders Coming Soon...

[onlybygrace]

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Eastern Conference Standings

1. (27-10-3) 57 pts
2. (23-15-5) 51 pts
3. (22-15-3) 47 pts
4. (26-11-4) 56 pts
5. (22-15-4) 48 pts
6. (22-14-4) 48 pts
7. (22-17-1) 45 pts
8. (19-16-5) 43 pts
9. (20-18-2) 42 pts
10.(18-16-5) 41 pts
11.(19-19-2) 40 pts
12.(18-19-4) 40 pts
13.(17-20-5) 39 pts
14.(15-17-8) 38 pts
15.(16-22-3) 35 pts

NHL LEAGUE LEADERS

GOALS
1. Heatley 34
2. Carter 30
3. Lecavalier 29
4. Frolov 27
5. Malkin 26
Nash 26
7. Vanek 25
8. Kovalchuk 24
9. Ovechkin 23
Drury 23
Gaborik 23

ASSISTS
1. Setoguchi 41
2. St. Louis 39
3. Nash 35
4. Umberger 34
Roy 34
6. Gaborik 33
7. Hartnell 32
8. Prospal

POINTS (G-A-PTS)
1. Nash 23-35-61
2. Setoguchi 20-41-61
3. Heatley 34-26-60
4. Gaborik 23-33-56
5. St. Louis 15-39-54
6. Umberger 19-34-53
Lecavalier 29-24-53
Carter 30-23-53
Malkin 26-27-53

WINS
1. Fleury 24
Mason 24
3. Emery 22
4. Nabokov 20
Miller 20
Lundqvist 20

GAA
1. Huet 2.26
2. Fleury 2.32
3. Miller 2.41
4. Price 2.53
5. Toskala 2.55

SHUTOUTS
1. Miller 6
2. Giguere 5
Huet 5
4. Several with 4

SV%
1. Fleury .922
2. Huet .919
3. Miller .917
4. Price .915

[GoldenJet]

Re: Beware The Blues...An OBG Production NHL 10

Nice job man, keep up the hard work.

[onlybygrace]

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Nice job man, keep up the hard work.

Thanks...

Just so you guys know...

the game recaps are going to be abreviated...I'm going to do them still, but in a more condensed style. I think I'm going to do more writing about events around the league and the St. Louis Blues.

...also, this game is to fun to have to play so slow...or not play because I need to catch up on this.