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Blues jump out to early lead and outscore high power Tampa Bay thanks to Steen’s big night

February 13, 2015 By Bill Pollock

Alex Steen (L) is congratulated by T.J. Oshie (74) and other teammates after his goal (photo/NHL.com)

Alex Steen (L) is congratulated by T.J. Oshie (74) and other teammates after his goal (photo/NHL.com)

Alexander Steen scored a goal and had two assists and David Backes and T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist as the St. Louis Blues jumped on the Lightning early for a 6-3 victory in Tampa Bay Thursday night.

St. Louis jumped out to a 2-0 in the first 4:47 of the first period, then put the game away with scored three goals in a three-minute span in the second period. The Blues outshot the Lightning 44-29.

Oshie scored the first and then Dmirtij Jaskin added a first-period power play goal.  Steen assisted on both opening goals.

After Tampa’s Tyler Johnson scored a power play goal to cut the Blues’ lead to 2-1, the offense sparked.

Steen made it 3-1 at 12;15 when he capitalized on a turnover by Lightning center Steven Stamkos and beat St. Louis native Ben Bishop for his 19th of the season.  Backes made 4-1 at 14:11 with his 19th goal of the season and Paul Stastny scored 72 seconds later to make it 5-1.

The Lightning cut it to 5-3, but Vladimir Tarasenko scored on an empty net with 1:05 remaining. It was his 29th goal of the season.

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