BLues-Blue Jackets, Sums

St. Louis 1 1 2_4
Columbus 2 1 3_6
First Period_1, St. Louis, Backes 6 (R.Johnson, Hinote), 7:54. 2, Columbus, Nash 23 (Fedorov), 12:08. 3, Columbus, Hainsey 4 (Vyborny, Fedorov), 17:21 (pp). Penalties_Tkachuk, StL (hooking), 15:31	Brewer, StL, minor-misconduct (cross-checking), 15:48	Fedorov, Clm (hooking), 20:00.
Second Period_4, Columbus, Chimera 6 (Fritsche, Foote), 7:57. 5, St. Louis, Boyes 24 (McDonald, Kariya), 17:59 (pp). Penalties_Nash, Clm (hooking), :45	Kariya, StL (hooking), 14:38	Columbus bench, served by Brassard (too many men), 16:44.
Third Period_6, St. Louis, McDonald 8 (Stempniak, Backes), 3:33. 7, Columbus, Zherdev 16 (Vyborny, Foote), 14:03. 8, Columbus, Fritsche 7 (Chimera, Malhotra), 15:21. 9, Columbus, Zherdev 17 (Vyborny, Foote), 18:03 (pp). 10, St. Louis, McClement 5, 19:22. Penalties_McKee, StL (interference), :50	Vyborny, Clm (interference), 6:44	Foote, Clm (interference), 7:27	Foote, Clm (unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:24	Perron, StL (hooking), 16:15	Mayers, StL, major (fighting), 19:12	Boll, Clm, major-misconduct (fighting), 19:12	Jackman, StL (roughing), 20:00	Backes, StL (roughing), 20:00	Methot, Clm (roughing), 20:00.
Shots on Goal_St. Louis 4-14-12_30. Columbus 13-10-14_37.
Power-play opportunities_St. Louis 1 of 6	Columbus 2 of 5.
Goalies_St. Louis, Toivonen 5-5-3 (37 shots-31 saves). Columbus, Leclaire 14-8-3 (30-26).
A_15,233 (18,136). T_2:31.
Referees_Bill McCreary, Dean Warren. Linesmen_Jonny Murray, Jay Sharrers.