The "Moose" chants were loud and clear for Brian Elliott as he took the ice for warmups, and it would have been unlike the Calgary Flames goalie to not give the home fans another rousing performance.
Sam Bennett and Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and assist and the Flames (3-4-1) won for the second time in as many nights.
After stopping 31 shots and five shootout attempts against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, there was no doubt Elliott wanted this game.
The Blues (4-2-1) got a power-play goal from defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, and Carter Hutton made 26 saves.
The Flames scored their third power-play goal in as many games on a Dennis Wideman wrist shot from the slot. He was all alone after the Blues got caught with four skaters on the same side of the ice and he took a pass from Troy Brouwer and beat Hutton 3:54 into the game for a 1-0 lead.
An odd-man rush led to Deryk Engelland converting on a backhand at 10:30 of the first after he took a pass from Kris Versteeg. Bennett scored 2:16 into the second for a 3-0 lead after he was open in the left circle and shot through traffic on the near side. Shattenkirk scored with a two-man advantage at 5:49 of the third for the Blues, but Gaudreau scored an empty-net goal with 1:11 remaining to make it 4-1.
Kevin Shattenkirk: "There's really no excuse for that. We looked like a team that was on back-to-backs to start that game."
Brian Elliott: "I don't know if I was surprised because I knew how much the fans kind of loved that [his nickname chant]. It was special for me, hearing that, and really kind of got me into the game. I'm sure they don't like the result now, but it meant a lot and that video tribute meant a lot, too."
"I saw that on the schedule in the summer. You want to come back here. I had so much fun playing in front of these fans in this building, I wanted to do it again, even though it's another team. The guys did a heck of a job in front of me to get that win for me."
After stopping 31 shots and five shootout attempts against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, there was no doubt Elliott wanted this game.
The Blues (4-2-1) got a power-play goal from defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, and Carter Hutton made 26 saves.
The Flames scored their third power-play goal in as many games on a Dennis Wideman wrist shot from the slot. He was all alone after the Blues got caught with four skaters on the same side of the ice and he took a pass from Troy Brouwer and beat Hutton 3:54 into the game for a 1-0 lead.
An odd-man rush led to Deryk Engelland converting on a backhand at 10:30 of the first after he took a pass from Kris Versteeg. Bennett scored 2:16 into the second for a 3-0 lead after he was open in the left circle and shot through traffic on the near side. Shattenkirk scored with a two-man advantage at 5:49 of the third for the Blues, but Gaudreau scored an empty-net goal with 1:11 remaining to make it 4-1.
* Bennett blocked a Jay Bouwmeester shot and took off on a breakaway, but Hutton made the save with the right blocker with 1:52 to play in the first.
* Bennett circled at the top of the left circle in the Blues zone, saw three St. Louis skaters back off and beat Hutton with a wrist shot.
* With the Blues pressing in the third period, Flames captain Mark Giordano blocked a hard slap shot from Blues defenseman Colton Parayko with 6:51 remaining.
* Giordano played in his 600th NHL game. ... Brouwer, who spent last season with the Blues, also made his first trip back to St. Louis after signing as a free agent July 1. ... Tkachuk, the No. 6 pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, played after being a healthy scratch the past two games. ... Steen played in his 500th game for the Blues.
* Giordano played in his 600th NHL game. ... Brouwer, who spent last season with the Blues, also made his first trip back to St. Louis after signing as a free agent July 1. ... Tkachuk, the No. 6 pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, played after being a healthy scratch the past two games. ... Steen played in his 500th game for the Blues.
Blues Quotes
Alexander Steen: "No brains. I think we were too slow in our actions. They made us look sloppy on a team that was on a back-to-back. We thought it was going to be a cookie cutter, and it wasn't. We had to play with our brains, and we didn't."Kevin Shattenkirk: "There's really no excuse for that. We looked like a team that was on back-to-backs to start that game."
Brian Elliott: "I don't know if I was surprised because I knew how much the fans kind of loved that [his nickname chant]. It was special for me, hearing that, and really kind of got me into the game. I'm sure they don't like the result now, but it meant a lot and that video tribute meant a lot, too."
"I saw that on the schedule in the summer. You want to come back here. I had so much fun playing in front of these fans in this building, I wanted to do it again, even though it's another team. The guys did a heck of a job in front of me to get that win for me."
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