ST. Orlando Cepeda Cardinals Jersey . LOUIS -- Jaroslav Halak needed a wakeup call. He got one in the form of a disallowed goal. Halak made 22 saves, and Alexander Steen scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-0 win over the Minnesota Wild on Monday night. Steen has 19 goals this season, one behind Washingtons Alex Ovechkin for the NHL lead. Vladimir Sobotka also scored for the Blues, who are 9-1-1 in their last 11 and 12-2-1 in the last 15. They have won six straight against Minnesota by a combined score of 20-7. The Wild were shut out for the first time this season and lost only their second game in the last eight. Minnesota (15-6-4) is still off to its best start with 34 points in its first 25 games. Halak improved to 13-3-2 with his third successive win. He robbed Zenon Konopka from close range late in the second period and earned his second shutout of the season and 27th of his NHL career. The Wild managed just 10 shots over the first two periods, but tested Halak with 12 shots in the final 20 minutes. "The first two periods, no action for me," Halak said. "I needed to stay focused. It wasnt easy." Minnesota appeared to take a 1-0 lead when Zach Parise deflected a shot behind Halak just 30 seconds into the game. The on-ice officials ruled he tipped the puck with a high stick. After a lengthy review, the call stood. Parise was certain that the goal should have counted. "There is no way my stick was over the crossbar," he said. "Im 5-10 and I dont think the stick was over my waist. "Thats just the wrong call." Parise sustained a bruised left foot on a shot by Steen in the first period. Parise played three shifts into the second period before leaving the game. "Well find out more (Tuesday)," said Parise, who was walking with a noticeable limp after the game. Minnesota coach Mike Yeo agreed that the goal should have counted. "To me, it was clear that it was a goal," he said. "Its fair to say (after that) we came unraveled." Halak was not sure if Parises stick was high enough to disallow the goal. "It was one of those lucky bounces on our side," he said. "If it was a little bit lower, it would have been a goal. Not giving up a goal like that is huge. It would have been a big boost for them." The Blues needed just 50 seconds to parlay the early break into a 1-0 lead. Sobotka converted off a shot by Carlo Colaiacovo at 1:20. Sobotka also scored the first goal 1:39 into a 6-1 win over Dallas on Saturday. "We talked about it, that we needed a fast start and we needed to play hard," Sobotka said. "I think we did a good job of that." Steen broke out of four-game goal drought by pounding in the rebound of Jay Bouwmeesters shot midway through the first period to give the Blues a 2-0 lead. Steen added an empty-net goal with 1:22 left. "We did a good job of getting pucks through," Steen said. "I thought it was a good game." Both of the Blues first-period goals came on rebounds of shots from long range. "I thought it was of one the best games weve played five-on-five," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We did a lot of good things." Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom, who started in place of Josh Harding, fell to 2-2-2. Harding is day-to-day with a groin injury. The Wild concluded a four-game road trip at 2-2. St. Louis has a franchise record 37 points through its first 23 games. NOTES: St. Louis D Kevin Shattenkirk missed the game because of the flu. ... Minnesota LW Mike Rupp made his season debut after missing 24 games due to off-season knee surgery. He finished with two shots on goal in 5:07. ... This was the first of five meetings between the new Central Division rivals. ... The Blues lead the NHL with a plus-32 goal differential. ... St. Louis LW Ryan Reaves underwent surgery Monday for a broken bone in his right hand. Reaves, who leads the team with 69 hits, is expected to miss at least six weeks. ... Minnesota has failed to score on its last 11 power plays against the Blues. Roger Maris Cardinals Jersey . Froch retained his WBA and IBF titles with a ninth-round stoppage against Groves in Manchester on Nov. 23. Groves launched an appeal, saying referee Howard Foster stopped the fight prematurely, and the IBF then ordered a rematch. John Danks White Sox Jersey . Louis that coach Randy Carlyle termed "brain-dead" and with the league-leading Chicago Blackhawks in town.SAN DIEGO -- Nick Hundleys slow start appears to be a thing of the past. Hundley homered, tripled and drove in a career-high four runs, leading Anthony Bass and the San Diego Padres past the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 Sunday. A day after snapping a 13-game home losing streak to the Phillies, San Diego posted its first two-game winning streak of the season. Hundley, who began the season in an 0-for-21 slump, hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning, an RBI triple in the third and two-run homer in the fifth off Joe Blanton (1-3). Hundley has hit safely in six of his last seven games, going 10 for 26 over that stretch. "He hung a curveball out over the plate that I got good," Hundley said. "I dont think my swing ever left, I think my approach and my mental state was terrible early on. I think my swing was OK, I just had to keep battling." Bass (1-2) pitched three-hit ball for six innings and allowed an unearned run. He walked five and struck out a career-high seven in his sixth major league start. "I walked way too many tonight, but it was one of those nights where you just have to battle through it," Bass said. "We just really wanted to tie up the series, so we went out there and really beared down and made some key plays." Three Padres pitchers combined to hold Philadelphia, which has scored two or fewer runs in 10 of 16 games, scoreless over the final four innings. "I thought Anthony threw the ball well when he needed to," Padres manager Bud Black said. "As the game went on, he smoothed some things out with his delivery. I think that was the difference today. Our guy was able to work out of trouble, and we took advantage of their mistakes." The split gave San Diego its first non-losing series of the season. The Padres have not won a series against Philadelphia since taking a three-game set iin July 2006. Tyler Flowers White Sox Jersey. . "Im sick of those guys, and its not from anything they do except for beating us," Padres third baseman Chase Headley said. "We play OK, but it just seems like every time they come in here, theyre playing well and getting every break you can get, and were just not. It was nice to not have to answer that question today." Each team made three errors, accounting four unearned runs in the game. Philadelphia began the day with the fewest errors (six) and best fielding percentage (.990) in the National League. "The last two nights were just bad games," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "Today, it got a little bit sloppier. Its been a while since we played this bad. I look at it like this is a test. Its a test for the coaching staff, the manager and the players. I see guys who are trying too hard. They just need to relax and play like we can." Blanton yielded six runs -- three earned -- on seven hits over six innings. He struck out two and walked two. "Two-out walks kind of killed me," Blanton said. "I thought I made a couple of good pitches that I didnt get the call." Headley doubled home two runs in the first and has hit safely in nine straight games, and 13 of his last 14. Over that stretch of 14 games, he is hitting .362 (17 for 47) with four homers, 12 RBIs and 13 runs scored. NOTES: Will Venable has hit safely in all 11 starts this season for the Padres. ... With two triples on Sunday, San Diego had back-to-back games with two triples for the third time in franchise history. ... Clayton Richard (1-1, 5.89 ERA) will pitch for the Padres when they open a three-game series on Tuesday against Gio Gonzalez (1-0, 2.04) and Washington. ... Kyle Kendrick (0-0, 1.93) will start Monday in Arizona for the Phillies in the first of a three-game set. cheap nfl jerseys cheap jerseys ' ' '
