Blue Jackets beat Blues 5-4 to improve to 4-0-0

Final

Series (Game 2 of 2)

Blue Jackets 5

(4-0-0, 8 pts)

Blues 4

(0-2-1, 1 pts)

8:00 PM ET, September 25, 2014
Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, Missouri

	1	2	3	T
CBJ	4	1	0	5
STL	1	1	2	4

V. Tarasenko (Blues - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
J. Lindstrom (Blues - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
M. Letestu (Blue Jackets - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 1

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS -- Mark Letestu had a goal and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Thursday night to improve to 4-0-0 in exhibition play.
Letestu opened the scoring and Jared Boll, Ryan Craig, Fedor Tyutin added power-play goals in the first period. Dana Tyrell also scored for the Blue Jackets.
Curtis McElhinney stopped 23 of 25 shots in the first two periods, and Anton Forsberg made seven saves on nine shots in the third.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice for St. Louis (0-2-1), and David Backes and Joakim Lindstrom added goals. Paul Stastny, making his Blues debut after signing a free-agent deal, assisted on Lindstrom's goal. Brian Elliott made 17 saves.

Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Wire

Columbus Blue Jackets' Ryan Craig, right, scores past St. Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott, left, during the first...
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

• View Photo
• Photo Gallery

Game Information

Arena: Scottrade Center Location: Saint Louis, Missouri

Referees: Tim Peel, Trevor Hanson Linesmen: Brian Mach, John Grandt

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		St. Louis
5	Goals		4
3	Power Play Goals		0
7	Power Play Opportunities		5
1	Shorthanded Goals		0
7	Penalties		8
20	Penalty Minutes		24
22	Shots on Goal		34
18	Hits		26
33	Faceoffs Won		34

Scoring Summary

1st Period			CBJ	STL
3:50		Mark Letestu (1) Assists: Nick Foligno, Cody Goloubef	1	0
7:51		Jared Boll (1) (Power Play) Assists: Marko Dano, Simon Hjalmarsson	2	0
9:38		Ryan Craig (1) (Power Play) Assists: Frederic St. Denis, Marko Dano	3	0
13:13		Fedor Tyutin (1) (Power Play) Assists: Simon Hjalmarsson, Mark Letestu	4	0
18:19		Joakim Lindstrom (1) Assists: Paul Stastny, Magnus Paajarvi	4	1
2nd Period			CBJ	STL
6:31		Dana Tyrell (1) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	5	1
17:31		David Backes (1) Assists: Jay Bouwmeester, Alex Pietrangelo	5	2
3rd Period			CBJ	STL
1:30		Vladimir Tarasenko (2) Assists: Peter Mueller, Ian Cole	5	3
12:52		Vladimir Tarasenko (3) Assists: Jori Lehtera, Ian Cole	5	4