Calgary Flames/St. Louis Blues NHL recap on ESPN

NHL
	Scores/Schedules Standings Statistics Transactions Injuries Players Message Board NHL StatSearch Minor Leagues
	Clubhouses Slants Al Morganti Fantasy Player News Correspondents Broadcast NHL TV Listings Video Highlights Audio Highlights

Sport Sections
	MLB Scores NFL Scores College Football Scores Golf Online Scores Soccer Scores Olympics Tennis \| U.S. Open NBA NHL M College BB Autos \| NASCAR Horse Racing Soccernet.com College Sports

Thursday, Oct. 26 8:00pm ET
Young scores twice for Blues

RECAP | BOX SCORE

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Chris Pronger celebrated his new contract extension with a goal and two assists, and Scott Young scored twice to become the first player to reach the 10-goal mark as the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 Thursday night.

Pronger, who won the Hart Trophy and the Norris Trophy last year, agreed to a three-year extension earlier in the day. He began paying dividends immediately by scoring the game's first goal and the adding assists on goals by Young and Al MacInnis.


	Calgary tries to stop St. Louis' Marty Reasoner with the forecheck.

Young entered the game tied with four other players for first in the NHL with eight goals. He reached double digits in a 1:33 span of the second period by tipping home a Pierre Turgeon pass on a break-in, and then banging in the rebound of Pronger's shot from the point.

Brent Johnson made 18 saves for St. Louis, which has won all four games its played at the Savvis Center. The Blues have lost once in seven games since dropping their season opener in Phoenix.

Cory Stillman scored twice for the Flames. Phil Housley had the other Calgary goal.

St. Louis led 4-1 going into the third period, but Stillman scored at 8:03 and then again at 17:41 to make it a one-goal game. But Calgary, which outshot the Blues 10-3 in the final period, could not get the equalizer.

The Blues took the lead 10:47 into the game when Pronger broke out of the penalty box and carried a pass from Craig Conroy down the left wing. Pronger then beat Calgary's Mike Vernon with a snap shot from the left circle for his second goal.

Young made it 3-0 early in the second period. He scored his first goal of the game at 5:49 when he split the defense and directed MacInnis' pass home. With the Blues on the power play, Young blasted the rebound of Pronger's slap shot by Vernon at the 7:22 mark.

After Housley cut it to 3-1 at 8:26, MacInnis scored his first goal on a slap shot 55 seconds later while the Flames were two men short.

Game notes
Calgary has not beaten the Blues since March 9, 1999. ... Johnson is undefeated in three starts (3-0-0). ... The Flames' Valeri Bure, who scored 35 times last year, is still looking for his first goal. He had just four assists in Calgary's first 10 games. ... With a win Saturday night against Dallas, the Blues will tie their best start even to a season at 7-2-1. St. Louis was also 7-2-1 in 1993-94 and 1997-98. ... Calgary is 2-2-0 on the road, but just 1-4-1 at home. ... Before Stillman scored his first goal , St. Louis had not allowed a power-play goal at home (23 attempts).

ALSO SEE
NHL Scoreboard

Calgary Clubhouse

St. Louis Clubhouse

Blues reward Pronger with 3-year, $29.5M extension

RECAPS
Boston 4
Washington 1

Philadelphia 3
NY Rangers 0

St. Louis 4
Calgary 3

Colorado 2
Chicago 0

AUDIO/VIDEO
video
Chris Pronger starts paying dividends on his new contract with this goal.
avi: 804 k
RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN | T1