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St. Louis Blues’ power play wakes up in 5-2 win over Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames' Mikael Backlund, of Sweden, celebrates after scoring as St. Louis Blues' Jaden Schwartz, left, skates away during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo scored second-period power-play goals and Jake Allen made 23 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night.

St. Louis has won three of its last four, losing only to red-hot Las Vegas in overtime.

Calgary had won its first four road games this season. Mikael Backlund scored twice for the Flames.

Schwartz and Pietrangelo scored in a span of 2:46 to break a 1-1 tie. The Blues had come up empty on their previous 18 power-play chances.

Alexander Steen added a goal and three assists for the Blues. It was his first points of the season after missing the first six games with a broken thumb.

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Paul Stastny scored with 3:32 left to push the lead to 4-2. Joel Edmundson added an empty-net goal with 43.9 seconds left.

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