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ST. Bill Ranford Jersey . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen got just enough on a slap shot in the closing seconds to get the puck past Corey Crawford and give the St. Louis Blues a win over the rival Chicago Blackhawks. Steens drive with 21.1 seconds left trickled through Crawford and lifted the Blues to a 3-2 victory against the defending Stanley Cup champions on Wednesday night. Steen broke down the left side as part of a 3-on-1 rush. Instead of passing, he let go a shot from just inside the left circle. "You pick a spot," Steen said. "I dont know that its really how hard it is. Its more where you put it." The Blackhawks (1-1-1) lost for the first time in regulation. Chicago coach Joel Quenneville was particularly upset that his team gave up an odd-man break so late in a tie game. "Youve got to get that game to overtime," Quenneville said. "You take one (point) maybe two. You dont get none. Thats unacceptable. "There was not a lot of mistakes. We played a good game. But you cant make a mistake like that." The Blues (3-0) matched their best start to a season, also done in the 1969-70 and 1993-94 campaigns. "Playing Chicago is always a big game," Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak said. "I think our guys came up big. We stuck to the game plan and didnt give up." Halak, who made 26 saves, has been in net for all three wins. "You just have to focus on every shot and try not to give up rebounds," Halak said. Vladimir Tarasenko and David Backes also scored for St. Louis. Patrick Kane scored for the third straight game for the Blackhawks, and Jonathan Toews had the other Chicago goal. Crawford made 31 saves. Tarasenko gave the Blues a 1-0 lead when he beat Crawford with a wrist shot from the slot with 4:16 left in the first period. Kane tied it with a power-play goal 1:17 later. Patrick Sharps shot from the right circle trickled through to Kane at the left post, and he swatted the puck in. In the second period, Backes put the Blues back in front at 8:37 when he redirected Alex Pietrangelos shot from the right point into the net. But after Jaden Schwartz went off for hooking, Toews tied it 39 seconds later when he shoved a rebound past Halak. NOTES: Kanes power-play goal was the first allowed by the Blues in 12 chances this season. The goal also ended Halaks shutout streak at 111 minutes, 52 seconds. ... The game featured a matchup of the two most successful coaches in Blues history. Current St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock entered with the best winning percentage of .676 (74-32-13). Quenneville is second at .598 (307-191-95). Connor McDavid Jersey . Russia has spent about $51 billion to deliver the Sochi Olympics, which run Feb. 7-23, making them the most expensive games ever, even though as a winter event it hosts many fewer athletes than summer games do. Jean-Francois Jacques Jersey . -- Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has a broken bone below his right eye after being struck by a bad-hop grounder, sidelining the star slugger for at least a week with opening day on deck. http://www.officialoilersfanstore.com/au...rs-jersey/ . Finlands Kari Lehtonen made 26 saves to lead Dallas over the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 Saturday night. He received plenty of help from the Stars defence and got goals from Ray Whitney and Russias Valeri Nichushkin.Its the lone appearance of the season at MTS Centre for the Detroit Red Wings as the Winnipeg Jets look to end to a three-game losing streak. You can see all the action on TSN Jets beginning at 6:30pm ct/7:30pm et, and you can listen to all the action on TSN Radio 1290. Winnipeg is seventh in the Central Division with a 5-8-2 record. They trail sixth-place Dallas by two points and are four back of Nashville. Both the Stars and Predators have a game in hand on the Jets. Al Montoya (1-1, 1.57, .944) will start in goal. Evander Kane is questionable due to a lower body injury. Keaton Ellerby will play his first game of the season in a Jets jersey after being acquired off waivers over the weekend. Ellerby did not play a game yet this season with Los Angeles. Jets Projected Lines: Ladd-Little-SetoguchiPeluso-Jokinen-WheelerHalischuk-Scheifele-FrolikTangradi-Wright-Thorburn Byfuglien-ClitsomeEnstrom-BogosianPardy-Ellerby Paul Postma, Mark Stuart, Jacob Trouba and Jim Slater will not dress due to injury. This is the final game of a four-game road trip for the Red Wings. Detroit has won three in a row, included a 5-0 victory in Edmonton Saturday. Detroit is third in the Atlantic Division withh a 9-4-2 record. Jari Kurri Jersey. They have 20 points along with Tampa and Toronto, however the Lightning are in first place due to playing one less game, and the second-place Leafs have one more win than the Red Wings. Detroit is four points up on Boston. Jimmy Howard (5-4-2, 2.50, .915) will start in goal for the Red Wings. Tomas Tatar, Joakim Andersson, Todd Bertuzzi, Pavel Datsyuk, Jakub Kindl and Justin Abdelkader all have one goal and two assists in their last three games. The Red Wings recalled defenseman Adam Almquist this morning from the AHLs Grand Rapids Griffins, and he will play in his first NHL game tonight. He had seven assists in 10 AHL games this season. Red Wings Projected Lines: Zetterberg-Datsyuk-BertuzziCleary-Weiss-AlfredssonTatar-Andersson-AbdelkaderMiller-Helm-Tootoo Kronwall-DeKeyserQuincey-KindlLashoff-Almquist St. Andrews, Manitoba native Darren Helm played his first game of the season Saturday. He scored a goal on his lone shot of the game and was plus-1 in 10:10 of ice time. The Red Wings have a 10-4 record as a franchise lifetime against Atlanta/Winnipeg. Not dressing for Detroit due to injury are Brendan Smith, Jonas Gustavsson and Jonathan Ericsson. ' ' '