GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: CALGARY (15-18) at ST LOUIS (16-13)

NHL: CALGARY (15-18) at ST LOUIS (16-13)

<h3>Newly acquired McDonald aims to help Blues snap skid</h3>

<div class="pre">Calgary (15-13-5) at St Louis (16-11-2) 6:00 pm EST</div>

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The St. Louis Blues hope that the recentacquisition of Andy McDonald will give them a much-needed spark.

McDonald will try and help his new team snap a three-game skidwhen the Blues host the Calgary Flames on Sunday.


A seven-year veteran, McDonald was traded from Anaheim to St.Louis on Friday for Doug Weight, Michal Birner and aseventh-round pick in next year's draft.


"We're excited to add a top caliber forward to our hockey team,"St. Louis president John Davidson told the team's official Website.


McDonald will try and bring immediate results in his first gamesince the trade.


The 30-year-old scored 27 goals and recorded 51 assists in 2006en route to his first All-Star game appearance. He also scoreda team-high 10 playoff goals to help the Ducks to their firstStanley Cup championship.


St. Louis which fell, 1-0, to Florida on Friday, could certainlyuse the extra scoring. Despite being in second place in theCentral Division, the Blues are second to last in the WesternConference with 76 goals.


Meanwhile, the Flames have won the first four games of theirseason-high six-game road trip. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 33shots and Dion Phaneuf scored the go-ahead goal in a 4-3 winover Carolina on Friday.


Calgary, which has never opened a road trip with five straightwins, has split the first two meetings with St. Louis thisseason.

 

NHL: CALGARY at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NHL AT ST LOUIS
STARTING GOALIES: CGY - MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF
STL - MANNY LEGACE

OFFICIALS: REF - KEVIN POLLOCK, WES MCCAULEY
LIN - ANDY MCELMAN, DEREK NANSEN</div>

 

NHL: CALGARY at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">CALGARY VS ST LOUIS - SCRATCHES

CALGARY ST LOUIS

M NILSON HEALTHY M JOHNSON HIP INJURY
D BOYD NECK INJURY M WALKER HEALTHY
A PARDY HEALTHY D KING HEALTHY</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 0
ST LOUIS 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 0
ST LOUIS 0 17:03 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 0
ST LOUIS 0 11:20 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 1
ST LOUIS 0
1ST PRD: CGY - (PP) JAROME IGINLA 22 (DAYMOND LANGKOW, KRISTIAN
HUSELIUS) 12:05</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 1
ST LOUIS 0 7:40 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 1
ST LOUIS 0 5:51 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 1
ST LOUIS 0 2:40 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 1
ST LOUIS 1
1ST PRD: STL - ANDY MCDONALD 5 (ERIC BREWER) 14:28</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 1
ST LOUIS 1 0:40 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
CALGARY 1 1
ST LOUIS 1 1 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: CGY - (PP) JAROME IGINLA 22 (DAYMOND LANGKOW, KRISTIAN
HUSELIUS) 12:05
STL - ANDY MCDONALD 5 (ERIC BREWER) 14:28

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
CGY 8 8
STL 7 7

GOALIES: CGY - MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF
STL - MANNY LEGACE</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------
Calgary 1 --1
St Louis 1 --1
------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Calgary, Jarome Iginla 22 (power play)
(Daymond Langkow, Kristian Huselius), 12:05. 2, St Louis, Andy
Mcdonald 5 (Eric Brewer), 14:28. Penalties: E Nystrom, Cgy
(roughing), 2:45; B Boyes, Stl (high sticking), 10:14.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Calgary 8 --8
St Louis 7 --7
-----------------------------

Goalies : Calgary, Miikka Kiprusoff (7 shots, 6 saves). St Louis,
Manny Legace (8 shots, 7 saves). Referees: Kevin Pollock, Wes
Mccauley. Linesmen: Andy Mcelman, Derek Nansen.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 1
ST LOUIS 1 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 2
ST LOUIS 1
2ND PRD: CGY - KRISTIAN HUSELIUS 14 (CRAIG CONROY, JAROME IGINLA) 0:46</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 2
ST LOUIS 1 13:57 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 2
ST LOUIS 2
2ND PRD: STL - BRAD BOYES 19 (PAUL KARIYA, ANDY MCDONALD) 7:24</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 2
ST LOUIS 3
2ND PRD: STL - LEE STEMPNIAK 6 (JAY MCCLEMENT) 8:43</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CALGARY 2
ST LOUIS 3 6:34 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>