O´Reilly Factors
O´Reilly ties game, nets SO-winner in 3-2 victory over Blues.Ryan O'Reilly scored the tying goal and then added another in the shootout to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.
O'Reilly, who also had an assist, lifted a backhander over the shoulder
of Jaroslav Halak for the only goal in the tiebreaker. Milan Hejduk, who netted
his ninth goal of the season in regulation, and Matt Duchene had already been
stopped in the shootout by St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak.
Semyon Varlamov, who stopped 35 of 37 shots through overtime, then
denied Alexander Steen, T.J. Oshie and Jamie Langenbrunner to give Colorado a
4-0 mark this season in shootouts.
Kevin Shattenkirk and Patrick Berglund had goals, and Halak made 35
saves for the Blues, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. St. Louis is
7-1-3 under Ken Hitchcock since he replaced fired coach Davis Payne on Nov. 6.
- by Associated Press-
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03/12/2011 - 05:58
