No matter which goalie they start, the St. Louis Blues have been flawless in Nashville this season.Troy Brouwer scored with 1:05 remaining in theJared Allen Jerseythird period and Brian Elliott made 16 saves to give St. Louis a 1-0 victory over the Predators on Tuesday night.St. Louis has won all four matchups between the teams this season, including both in Nashville by shutout. Jake Allen stopped 45 shots in a 4-0 win Nov. 7.''I just think the way we are structured, we have more hunt on the puck. That's what we talked about,'' Blues coach Ken Hitchcock http://www.officialpanthersnflshop.com/MEN+JERRICHO+COTCHERY+JERSEYsaid. ''We had more forecheck.''Coming off his first All-Star Game appearance, Pekka Rinne made 22 saves in defeat. The Predators had won a season-best four straight.On the game's only goal, http://www.officialpanthersnflshop.com/MEN+JONATHAN+STEWART+JERSEYRobby Fabbri carried the puck around the net and found Alex Pietrangelo just inside the top of the right circle. Pietrangelo fired a one-timer toward the Nashville net, and Brouwer was in front. The puck deflected off his leg past Rinne.''(Paul) Stastny made a great play to Magnus (Paajarvi) in tight. Twice, actually,'' Brouwer said. ''Rinne is a great goalie and he's playing well right now, so we wanted to put a couple of more pucks and see what happened. At the end there, we saw some good opportunities to throw some pucks at the net and one goes in.''The Predators did not like the way they managed the puck late in the game.''We had a few opportunities Keenan LewisJerseyto get the puck out before they scored,'' Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. ''We didn't get it done. It stayed in the zone. We got caught on a long shift and a shot that's probably going a foot to 2 feet wide of the net hits a shin guard and goes in.''Elliott's best save came at 10:27 of the first period, when he turned aside James Neal's one-timer taken from the top of the left circle. http://www.saintsonlineofficialshop.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_KENNY_VACCARO_JERSEY.htmlHe also denied Neal's attempt with 5 seconds remaining to preserve the win.''We kind of carried that momentum into the third period,'' Elliott said. ''It was just a tight game; the ice was kind of chopping up and the pucks were bouncing, so it was going to take a tip or screen or something to go in. It was a big game for us.''Elliott earned his first shutout this season and the 31st of his career.
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