Boyes, Oshie lead Blues to shootout win

AP News (2009-12-24 04:22:53)
Chris Mason stars in goal; Boyes, Oshie score shootout goals for Blues

Brad Boyes and T.J. Oshie beat Miikka Kiprusoff in a shootout to give the St. Louis Blues their third straight victory in Western Canada, 2-1 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.

Chris Mason made 23 saves in regulation and overtime, then turned aside Calgary's Nigel Dawes and Olli Jokinen in the shootout.

Patrik Berglund scored for St. Louis — coming off victories in Vancouver and Edmonton — in the second period, and Mark Giordano tied it for Calgary with 7:42 left in regulation.

Boyes put the Blues ahead in the second round of the shootout with a deke move, squeezing the puck inside the goal post behind Kiprusoff.

After Jokinen hit the goal post on the Flames' second attempt, Oshie snapped a shot through Kiprusoff's pads to end the tiebreaker.

NOTES: St. Louis (17-14-5) has won six of its last seven road games and is 11-3-3 away from home this season. ... Calgary (20-11-5) is 1-3-2 in its last six games.