Blues 3, Blackhawks 2 (SO)
ST. LOUIS -- Kevin Shattenkirk's goal in the sixth round of the shootout was the difference as the St. Louis Blues beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Wednesday night at Scottrade Center.
David Backes and Troy Brouwer scored goals and Jake Allen made 33 saves for St. Louis (39-20-9), which has won four straight games and nine of 12.
Andrew Ladd and Artemi Panarin scored for Chicago (41-21-6), which had won three of four. Corey Crawford made 28 saves.
The Blackhawks out-shot the Blues 15-6 in the first period, but weren't able to score despite four penalties that gave them 6:17 minutes of power-play time.
Blues forward Ryan Reaves was given a 5-minute major penalty for charging and a game misconduct after a hit on Christian Ehrhoff with 2:17 left in the first period.
St. Louis was able to kill the remainder of that penalty at the end of the first period, but Chicago's top-ranked power play unit took advantage early in the second.
Ladd scored his 19th of the season -- and second in five games since the Blackhawks traded for him -- when he redirected a shot from Teuvo Teravainen past Allen for a power-play goal and 1-0 lead just 1:14 into the second period.
The Blues tied the score with a power-play goal with 11:14 remaining in the third period when Backes redirected a shot from Shattenkirk for his 17th of the season. Shattenkirk and Vladimir Tarasenko earned the assists.
The Backes goal tied him with Al MacInnis for sixth on the Blues' career points list with 452.
Brouwer put the Blues ahead with his own power-play tally, his 13th goal of the season, with 6:40 remaining after a nice pass from Paul Stastny.
Panarin tied it with his 25th of the season with 1:17 remaining on a shot from the slot, assisted by Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith.
Patrik Berglund, Brouwer and Shattenkirk scored in the shootout for St. Louis. Panarin and Artem Anisimov scored for Chicago.
NOTES: The NHL announced the Blues will host the Blackhawks in the 2017 Winter Classic on Jan. 2 at Busch Stadium. ... The NHL announced Wednesday it had determined the allegations of sexual assault made against Blackhawks RW Patrick Kane were unfounded. ... The Blackhawks and C Marcus Kruger agreed to a three-year contraction extension on Wednesday. The Chicago Tribune reported the deal is worth $9.25 million. ... Wednesday's game was the 300th regular-season contest between the Blackhawks and Blues. ... The Blackhawks were hoping to get RW Marian Hossa back from a lower-body injury on Wednesday, but announced after the morning skate Hossa would miss his ninth consecutive game. He will likely return Friday night when Chicago plays at Dallas. ... LW Magnus Paajarvi and D Robert Bortuzzo were healthy scratches for St. Louis. ... RW Richard Panik and D Erik Gustafsson were healthy scratches for Chicago.