Steen's four points help Blues snuff Flames
ST. LOUIS -- Alexander Steen had a goal and three assists, and Paul Stastny added a goal and an assist as the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Jaden Schwartz, Alex Pietrangelo and Joel Edmundson also scored for the Blues (7-2-1), who improved to 3-0-0 at home. Goalie Jake Allen made 23 saves.
Mikael Backlund scored both Flames goals as Calgary (5-5-0) lost for the third time in four games.
Flames goalie Eddie Lack, playing for the first time this season, made 24 saves. It was his first career loss to the Blues after winning his previous six games against St. Louis.
After Backlund opened the scoring, Steen tied the game 1-1 with 2:33 left in the opening period. It was Steen's first goal in just his fourth game after missing the early part of the season with a broken left hand.
Schwartz backhanded in a rebound to give the Blues a 2-1 lead at 4:07 of the second period. The power-play goal snapped a 0-for-18 drought for St. Louis with the man advantage.
Pietrangelo made it 3-1 Blues at 6:53 of the second with another power-play goal. Pietrangelo's fourth goal gave him 12 points, the most among defensemen in the league.
Backlund scored his second of the game and fourth of the season at 13:15 of the second period before Stastny's goal at 16:28 of the third gave the Blues some breathing room.
On his second goal, Backlund took advantage of an Allen miscue to cut the Blues' lead to 3-2. Allen lost his footing trying to play a puck behind the net, allowing winger Matthew Tkachuk to find Backlund in front of a wide-open net.
It was Backlund's 10th career multi-goal game.
Tkachuk finished with a pair of assists for the Flames.
NOTES: D Nate Prosser and RW Beau Bennett made their debuts for the Blues. Prosser was filling in for D Carl Gunnarsson, who became a father on Wednesday, and Bennett played on a line with LW Magnus Paajarvi and C Oskar Sundqvist. ... Flames LW Matthew Tkachuk grew up in St. Louis, as his father, Keith, played nine seasons for the Blues. ... Flames G Mike Smith earned career win No. 200 against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. ... The Blues scratched Gunnarsson and RW Dmitrij Jaskin. The Flames scratched LW Tanner Glass, C Freddie Hamilton and D Matt Bartkowski. ... The Blues travel to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. The Flames play at home against the Dallas Stars on Friday.