NHL Game Recap - Calgary at St. Louis
Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:00 PM EDT

VGK
2
PIT
4
F
SJS
2
NYR
3
F(OT)
WSH
0
NJD
6
F
CBJ
5
FLA
4
F
COL
6
BUF
1
F
EDM
1
BOS
4
F
VAN
4
TBL
1
F
TOR
5
DET
3
F
LAK
3
MTL
0
F
CHI
3
MIN
4
F(OT)
WPG
0
NSH
3
F
CGY
3
STL
5
F

Oct 11, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

T

SOG

Calgary

1

0

2

3

34

St. Louis

3

2

0

5

32

W: Allen (1-1-1)

L: Smith (2-2-0)

CGY: Neal (1) , Backlund (1) , Ryan (1)

STL: Edmundson (1) , Steen (1) , Perron 3 (3)

Perron's hat trick lifts Blues to over Flames 5-3
Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:53 PM

ST. LOUIS (AP) David Perron scored his fourth career hat trick, Alexander Steen had a goal and an assist, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Thursday night.

Joel Edmundson also scored and Brayden Schenn had three assists as the Blues won for the first time this season. Jake Allen made 31 saves.

James Neal, Derek Ryan and Mikael Backlund scored for the Flames. Mike Smith was pulled following the second period after allowing five goals on 24 shots.

Perron gave the Blues a 2-1 lead midway through the first period. Edmundson, making his season debut after missing the first two games with a sore groin, made it 3-1 Blues with 2:38 left in the first, beating Smith high glove side.

Perron's second goal early in the second made it 4-1. Smith misplayed the puck behind the net, allowing Schenn to steal it and find Perron alone in front with an empty net.

Perron completed the hat trick with 35 seconds left in the second. His last hat trick also came at Calgary's expense on Oct. 22, 2016.

Neal gave the Flames a 1-0 lead at 7:32 of the first. Sam Bennett set it up with a nice move in front, causing Allen to commit and leaving an opening for Neal.

Steen answered for the Blues just 16 seconds later. The goal gave Steen 453 career points, surpassing Al MacInnis for seventh in Blues history.

Allen got help from his post on Sean Monahan's penalty shot late in the first period. He also made several tough saves as the Blues killed off a 5-on-3 for 1:35 late in the second period.

Ryan and Backlund scored in the third for Calgary to cut the deficit to two.

NOTES: David Rittich stopped eight shots in relief of Smith. ... Blues rookie centers Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas each earned their first career points with assists. ... Flames C Dillon Dube (lower body) had an assist, despite missing practice on Wednesday. ... The Blues scratched RW Chris Thorburn, D Vince Dunn and D Jordan Schmaltz. ... The Flames scratched D Dalton Prout, RW Garnet Hathaway and C Mark Jankowski.

UP NEXT

Calgary: Visits Colorado on Saturday night.

St. Louis: Visits Chicago on Saturday night.

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Goalies

CGY SA GA SV SV% Min PIM
M. Smith 24 5 19 .792 40:00 0
D. Rittich 8 0 8 1.000 17:22 0
STL SA GA SV SV% Min PIM
J. Allen 34 3 31 .912 60:00 0

Skaters

CGY G A Pt +/- TOI SOG PPG SHG
J. Neal 1 0 1 -1 16:40 2 0 0
M. Backlund 1 0 1 1 17:20 4 0 0
STL G A Pt +/- TOI SOG PPG SHG
D. Perron 3 0 3 1 16:43 3 2 0
B. Schenn 0 3 3 1 19:34 2 0 0

Team Comparison

CGY STL
Goals For 3 5
Shots on Goal 34 32
Penalty Minutes 14 10
Faceoff Percentage 53.8 46.2
Power Play Goals 0 2
Power Play Opportunities 4 6
Power Play Percentage 0.0 33.3
Hits 13 16
Blocks 15 11
Giveaways 2 2
Takeaways 5 9

Scoring Summary

1st Period

CGY 07:32 Neal (1) (Bennett, Dube)
STL 07:44 Steen (1) (Kyrou, Bouwmeester)
STL 09:48 Perron (1) (Schenn)
STL 17:22 Edmundson (1) (Barbashev, Thomas)

2nd Period

STL 04:05 Perron (2) Power Play(Schenn, Steen)
STL 19:24 Perron (3) Power Play(Schenn, Schwartz)

3rd Period

CGY 08:17 Ryan (1) (Czarnik, Tkachuk)
CGY 11:04 Backlund (1) (Giordano, Lindholm)

Game Information

Stadium: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 16,403
Game Time: