ST. [url=https://www.cheapnmdoutlet.com/]NMD Outlet[/url] . LOUIS - Kevin Shattenkirk took the blame for allowing the tying goal in the final minutes of regulation. He also took advantage of a chance to make up for it later.The Blues defenceman, who also celebrated his 26th birthday on Thursday, scor

ST. NMD Outlet . LOUIS - Kevin Shattenkirk took the blame for allowing the tying goal in the final minutes of regulation. He also took advantage of a chance to make up for it later.The Blues defenceman, who also celebrated his 26th birthday on Thursday, scored the winner in the shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 5-4 victory over the Nashville Predators.I felt like that last goal late in the third was something that kind of fell on my shoulders and wanted the opportunity to get it back, especially for Brian (Elliott), Shattenkirk said. The opportunity presented itself so I really wanted to make it count.Jaden Schwartz, T.J. Oshie, Steve Ott and Ryan Reaves all scored in regulation for the Blues, who improved to 8-0-1 over their last nine games. Elliott made 33 saves, including 14 in the third period and four in overtime.We hate to relinquish a point to these guys, but were staying on a roll, Shattenkirk said. I think we had a pretty solid game. Theyre a tough team. They never really die and they never quit, so it was a great way for us to stay with it and finally get one on them.Mike Fisher scored twice and added an assist for Nashville and Filip Forsberg and James Neal both scored goals. Carter Hutton made 31 saves.The Central Division-leading Predators, who finished 3-1-1 against the Blues this season, got a goal from Neal with 2:38 remaining in regulation to tie the score and send it to overtime.Nashville scored first, with 7:11 left in the first period, when Fisher deflected a shot from Roman Josi that ricocheted off the glass and then off Elliotts back and into the net. It was the 500th point of Fishers career and the Predators 13th power-play goal in 14 games.Forsberg gave Nashville a 2-0 lead at the 5:36 mark of the second period when he knocked in the rebound of a shot from Craig Smith.St. Louis answered with three straight goals.Schwartz scored his 17th on the rebound off a shot by Vladimir Tarasenko on a partial breakaway after Tarasenko outraced Mattias Ekholm to the puck.Then Oshie scored his 14th on a rebound of a Paul Stastny shot with 7:24 remaining in the second period and Steve Ott scored on a rebound of Shattenkirks shot just 26 seconds later to give the Blues a 3-2 lead.Nashville tied the score with 4:28 left in the period on Fishers second goal, and 11th of the season.Then St. Louis took the lead again with 1:45 remaining in the second after Reaves stole the puck from Seth Jones at the blue line and blasted a shot through Huttons legs for a 4-3 advantage.Neal tied it late in the third with his 16th of the season.The third period our guys showed up and really I think hit the gas pedal, generated a lot of forecheck play searching for that goal, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. I thought we could have scored four or five goals in that period.Elliott and Hutton each made four saves in the extra period.Oshie led off the shootout and scored for St. Louis. Roman Josi tied it with a goal in the third round. Then Shattenkirk faked out Hutton for the winner and Elliott made a save on Neal to end it.Theyre a good team, Oshie said. Theres a little rivalry going there with us and Nashville. Theyre a good team. Theyre hard to play against. They play, it seems, for a full 60 and then some. They match up well against us. Its always fun to rise to these occasions to get the two points.NOTES: St. Louis G Martin Brodeur announced his retirement on Thursday morning. He holds the NHL records for wins, shutouts, games played and minutes played. He dropped the ceremonial first puck before the game. ... C Marcel Goc made his debut with the Blues on Thursday. St. Louis acquired him from Pittsburgh in exchange for C Maxim Lapierre. ... St. Louis C David Backes played in his 614th game with the Blues, passing Al MacInnis for eighth on the franchises all-time list. ... Fishers first-period power-play goal was the 500th point of his career. ... St. Louis LW Patrik Berglund (upper-body injury) left the game in the second period and C Jori Lehtera (upper-body injury) left in the third period and did not return. Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said both players will miss Fridays game in Carolina. . Nashville fell to 12-8-5 on the road this season. NMD Store . At this point, even he isnt sure when it is going to stop. The right-hander dropped his fourth straight decision in Los Angeles 6-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night, leaving his status very much in doubt as the Dodgers prepare for the stretch drive. NMD For Sale .K. Subban and Matt Duchene will be the two skaters sitting out the teams opening game. https://www.cheapnmdoutlet.com/ . -- Joe Thornton scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:39 left in regulation to help the San Jose Sharks overcome a two-goal deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Thursday night.A 12-game winning streak has landed the Boston Bruins on top of the TSN.ca NHL Power Rankings, overtaking the St. Louis Blues. The Bruins have been consistently among the top teams for the past few months, but their current run has taken them to the top, despite not having a strength of schedule deficit compared to the Western Conference powers. Moving up this week, the Pittsburgh Penguins go from nine to six. Even though they have just one regulation win in the past six games, the Penguins also got wingers Chris Kunitz and James Neal back from injuries and that provides a relative boost compared to last weeks ranking. The never-say-die Detroit Red Wings are still hanging around in the playoff race, thanks largely to Gustav Nyquist, who has seven goals in the past six games, to help Detroit go 4-1-1 and jump to seventh in the Eastern Conference. The Red Wings, still depleted by injuries, are up from 24 to 21. Heading the otther way, the Toronto Maple Leafs have dropped five straight as goaltender James Reimer has struggled to fill in for injured starter Jonathan Bernier and the Leafs dont play a structured enough game to get by without great goaltending. NMD China. As a result, they sink from 17 to 22. Both the Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators dropped three spots, to 25 and 26, respectively, not through any great failings of their own, but the Detroit Red Wings, Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames all performed better and/or got healthier. Among other Canadian clubs, the Montreal Canadiens are up one spot, to 12, and the Winnipeg Jets are up two spots to 17. The Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames are both up a couple of places, to 23 and 24, respectively. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. ' ' '