Blues hope to reverse home fortunes in clash with Maple Leafs

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02/12/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues, owners of the worst home record in the NHL this season, continue a pre-Olympic break stretch of games at the Scottrade Center with tonight's matchup against a Toronto Maple Leafs squad that's had its share of misfortune on the road in 2009-10.

St. Louis opened this three-game residency with Tuesday's 4-3 shootout victory over rival Detroit, a win which halted a string of four straight home losses for the club. After blowing a two-goal advantage with under six minutes to go in third period, the Blues regrouped and earned the two points on tallies from Brad Boyes and T.J. Oshie during the deciding phase.

Boyes gave St. Louis a 2-1 edge in the shootout by pushing a forehand shot past Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard, and Blues netminder Chris Mason then sealed the win by stopping Henrik Zetterberg's third-round attempt.

Mason recorded 39 saves between regulation and overtime, while Andy McDonald, David Perron and Paul Kariya each netted goals to help halt St. Louis' three- game slide.

The Blues, who host the powerful Washington Capitals on Saturday in their final action before the break, improved their still-poor record as the host to 10-16-5 this season. St. Louis is in 13th place in the Western Conference standings at the moment, but does trail Calgary by just six points for the eighth and final playoff seed.

"I think we've got a lot of resiliency in this room," Kariya said after Tuesday's game. "We know that we can do it."

Taking on the Maple Leafs may aid the Blues' cause, considering Toronto has lost four of the last five meetings between these teams and is a woeful 2-12-2 on the road since December 5. The Eastern Conference cellar-dwellers have dropped five in a row as the guest and own just an 8-17-6 mark in away games so far in 2009-10.

The Maple Leafs' latest defeat took place at home, a 3-2 setback to Western Conference-leading San Jose on Monday in which the Sharks' Ryane Clowe delivered the tie-breaking goal with 6:39 left to play.

Jean-Sebastian Giguere made 23 saves in his third start with Toronto since being acquired in a trade with Anaheim on January 31. The 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy recipient had posted shutouts in wins over New Jersey and Ottawa to begin his tenure as a Maple Leaf.

Giguere has had success against the Blues over the course of a 12-year career. The 32-year-old is 14-6-1 with a 2.28 goals against average in 25 lifetime games (24 starts) versus St. Louis and sports a 9-2-1 mark with a 2.33 ERA and two shutouts over his last 13 encounters with tonight's foe.

Phil Kessel had a power-play goal and an assist for Toronto in Monday's loss to extend his recent scoring tear. The offseason pickup has racked up 10 points (6 goals, 4 assists) during a personal five-game streak.

The Maple Leafs did come through with a win in their last visit to St. Louis, a 2-1 triumph back on February 6, 2007.

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