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Pavol Demitra and Mark Rycroft each had a goal and an assist as the St. Louis Blues beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 Friday night.
Christian Backman had two assists for the Blues who dominated the second period, scoring twice while holding the Blue Jackets without a shot.
Rostislav Klesla
and Jaroslav Spacek had the Columbus goals, Spacek pulling the Blue Jackets
even at 2-all on a rebound 1:08 into the third period.
Demitra then scored with 7:32 left, converting off a pass from Keith Tkachuk
after Columbus goalie Fred Brathwaite committed to Tkachuk and left the crease.
Brent Johnson had 23 saves for the Blues. Ticketmaster
Down 1-0, the Blues pulled even on Rycroft's third goal of the preseason at the 5:57 mark of the second period. Rycroft had been robbed of a prime scoring chance just seconds before by Brathwaite but scored on a two-on-one breakaway pass from Pavol Demitra.
With 20 seconds left in the period and the Blues controlling both ends of the ice, Mayers jammed in a shot off a scrum in front of the goal. Eric Nikulas set it up with a pass from behind the net. Three Blues were all applying pressure at the goal mouth, with Mayers sliding it past Brathwaite from the corner post.
Columbus scored on its first power-play opportunity with Klesla's blast from the blue line eluding Johnson. Lasse Pirjeta provided a screen in front of Johnson.
Rick Nash set up the tying goal early in the third period, circling in from behind the net to put a shot on goal that Johnson deflected. David Vyborny got a stick on the puck before Johnson blocked it, with Spacek pounding in the rebound from the left edge of the slot. Ticketmaster
The Blue Jackets had 49 seconds of five-on-three midway through the opening period with Johnson gloving a hard shot by Spacek and then stopping Vyborny's point-blank shot in the crease. Johnson also weathered 11 more seconds of the two-man power play early in the third period.