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[October 26, 2017] The Sports Xchange

10/26/2017 NHL Note - St. Louis Blues Steen, Alex

LW Alexander Steen had a goal and three assists, and the Blues beat the Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Steen's presence made a difference as he finally got his first points of the season. He was playing in his fourth game after breaking his hand in the Blues' preseason opener Sept. 19. "It was tough having Steener have that injury because I thought he looked really good in training camp," Blues coach Mike Yeo said. "He's a step quicker this year. I thought he did a heck of a job in the summer coming in in really good shape and you could tell that the training, the focus he had in the summer, that he was a motivated hockey player."

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NHL Note - St. Louis Blues Stastny, Paul

C Paul Stastny contributed a goal and an assist, and the Blues beat the Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night.

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NHL Note - St. Louis Blues Allen, Jake

G Jake Allen made 23 saves Wednesday in the Blues' 5-2 win over the Flames.

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NHL Note - Calgary Flames Backlund, Mikael

C Mikael Backlund scored both Flames goals as Calgary lost 5-2 at St. Louis on Wednesday. It was Backlund's 10th career multi-goal game.

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NHL Note - Calgary Flames Lack, Eddie

G Eddie Lack, playing for the first time this season, made 24 saves in a 5-2 loss Wednesday. It was his first career defeat against the Blues after winning his previous six games against St. Louis.

"I've definitely had some good games here and some games we had really good team games when I've been here with other teams so it's just one of those things," Lack said. "It's too bad we couldn't keep the streak going."

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NHL Note - Calgary Flames Tkachuk, Matthew

LW Matthew Tkachuk finished with a pair of assists for the Flames in a 5-2 loss at St. Louis on Wednesday.

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NHL Note - St. Louis Blues Prosser, Nate

D Nate Prosser and RW Beau Bennett made their debuts for the Blues. Prosser was filling in for D Carl Gunnarsson, who became a father Wednesday, and Bennett played on a line with LW Magnus Paajarvi and C Oskar Sundqvist. Prosser finished with an even rating in 15:23 of ice time against the Flames.

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NHL Note - St. Louis Blues Bennett, Beau

RW Beau Bennett and D Nate Prosser made their debuts for the Blues. Bennett played on a line with LW Magnus Paajarvi and C Oskar Sundqvist, and he had an even rating in 11:54 of ice time against the Flames.

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NHL Note - St. Louis Blues Gunnarsson, Carl

D Carl Gunnarsson, who became a father Wednesday, missed the Wednesday night game against the Flames.

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NHL Note - Calgary Flames Smith, Mike

G Mike Smith earned career win No. 200 against the Predators on Tuesday. He didn't play Wednesday at St. Louis.

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NHL Note - Columbus Blue Jackets Bobrovsky, Sergei

G Sergei Bobrovsky rejected a point-blank shot by Sabres C Ryan O'Reilly on a second-period breakaway with a sterling skate save. The Blue Jackets responded with three goals in a three-minute span later in the period, propelling them to a 5-1 victory on Wednesday. Bobrovsky finished with 34 saves, but none bigger than the one on O'Reilly. "I thought it was an important one for the game," Bobrovsky said. "The team needed it."

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NHL Note - Columbus Blue Jackets Jones, Seth

D Seth Jones had a goal and an assist Wednesday in the Blue Jackets' 5-1 win over the Sabres.

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NHL Note - Buffalo Sabres Johnson, Chad

G Chad Johnson made 33 saves Wednesday but wound up with a 5-1 loss at Columbus.

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NHL Note - Buffalo Sabres Girgensons, Zemgus

C Zemgus Girgensons returned after missing three games with a lower-body injury. He finished a minus-1 in 14:37 of ice time Wednesday at Columbus. Girgensons was hurt while blocking a shot during a penalty kill against the Golden Knights on Oct. 17.

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NHL Note - Columbus Blue Jackets Hannikainen, Markus

LW Markus Hannikainen, recalled from Cleveland of the AHL on Tuesday, was a healthy scratch Wednesday.

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