Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler and Alexey Toropchenko scored in the second period, helping the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3<\/p>\n
CHICAGO — Jordan Kyrou, Cam Fowler and Alexey Toropchenko scored in the second period, helping the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Snuggerud and Dalibor Dvorsky also scored for St. Louis, which had dropped four of six. Jonatan Berggren and Tyler Tucker had two assists and Joel Hofer made 32 saves.<\/p>\n
St. Louis (34-33-12) evened its season series with Chicago at two wins. But the Blues were eliminated from playoff contention with the Los Angeles Kings’ 1-0 victory<\/a> over the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n Ilya Mikheyev had two goals for last-place Chicago, which dropped to 3-9-3 in its past 15 games. Ryan Greene also scored, and Arvid Soderblom stopped 23 shots.<\/p>\n The Blackhawks (28-38-14) played without Ethan Del Mastro, who was scratched because of an unspecified injury. With Del Mastro sidelined, veteran forward Sam Lafferty was inserted into the lineup as a defenseman.<\/p>\n Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar<\/a> left in the second period after he was hit in the face by a puck.<\/p>\n Chicago had a 2-1 lead before Toropchenko beat Soderblom on a breakaway 4:10 into the second. It was Toropchenko’s fourth goal of the season.<\/p>\n Kyrou made it 3-2 with a power-play goal at 12:06, and a streaking Fowler scored on a drive to the net with 2:40 left in the period.<\/p>\n Dvorsky added his 12th goal 7:04 into the third, giving St. Louis a 5-2 lead.<\/p>\n Chicago paid tribute to the inaugural class for the franchise’s Hall of Fame throughout the game. The family of Troy Murray<\/a>, a former forward and team broadcaster who died last month, got one of the day’s loudest ovations when they were shown on the videoboard. <\/p>\n Both teams are at home on Monday night. The Blues face the Minnesota Wild, and the Blackhawks play the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n