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Blues 6, Predators 5
Predators feeling Blue
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Michal Handzus scored on a power play with 16:07 remaining to give the St. Louis Blues a 6-5 victory over the expansion Nashville Predators in an exhibition game Saturday night.
Geoff Courtnall scored two goals in the first period and assisted on Handzus' goal. Pierre Turgeon had a goal and two assists, and Lubos Bartecko and Chris Pronger also scored for St. Louis.
The Predators scored four straight power-play goals to tie it at 4.
Brad Smyth and Greg Johnson connected in the second period, and Vitali Yachmenev and Jamie Heward scored in the third.
Turgeon gave the Blues a 5-4 lead at 10:14 of the third period, but Nashville's Jeff Nelson tied it at 11:31.
St. Louis improved to 2-2-0, and Nashville dropped to 1-2-2.
Summary
Blues 6, Predators 5KANSAS CIYT, Mo. (CP) -- NHL Pre-Season Saturday night:
First Period
1. St. Louis, Courtnall 2 (Turgeon, Campbell) :56
2. St. Louis, Bartecko 3 (Demitra) 2:01
3. St. Louis, Courtnall 3 (Turgeon, Horacek) 13:52
4. St. Louis, Pronger 1 (Twist, Low) 18:12
Second Period
5. Nashville, Smyth 1 (Nelson, Yachmenev) 1:58 (pp)
6. Nashville, Johnson 1 (Timonen, Bouchard) 14:28 (pp)
Third Period
7. Nashville, Staples 1 (Nelson, Heward) 1:07
8. Nashville, Heward 2 (Bouchard, Smyth) 9:36 (pp)
9. St. Louis, Turgeon 1 (Demitra, Rivers) 10:14
10. Nashville, Nelson 2 (Heward, Bouchard) 11:31
11. St. Louis, Brimanis 1 (Courtnall) 16:07 (pp)
Shots on goal by
St. Louis 12 11 15--38
Nashville 7 9 7--23
Goal -- St. Louis: Fuhr, McLennan (0:00, Third); Nashville: Roussel, Vokoun (10:46, Second).
Attendance -- 9,346.