Stewart collects hat trick as Blues blank Oilers

Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) – Chris Stewart registered his third career
hat trick to back Brian Elliott’s shutout performance in the St. Louis Blues’
6-0 thrashing of the lowly Edmonton Oilers.

Stewart set up another goal, while Elliott made 23 saves.

“A huge credit goes to my linemates. I just happened to be in the right place
at the right time and they teed it up for me,” said Stewart.

Jaden Schwartz and Patrik Berglund both had a goal and one assist for the
Blues, who have won five of their last seven games.

Ilya Bryzgalov surrendered all six goals on 33 shots in Edmonton’s season-high
sixth consecutive loss.

“I wasn’t good enough tonight. I didn’t give our guys a chance to win,”
Bryzgalov said.

The Blues scored four times in the third period to turn the game into a rout.

Stewart converted a behind-the-net pass from Berglund at 1:46, then Schwartz
beat Bryzgalov with a wrister from the top of the faceoff circle 52 seconds
later to make it 4-0.

Stewart completed the hat trick by one-timing a feed through the slot for a
power-play goal at 7:27. Berglund lit the lamp with 7:18 remaining.

St. Louis capitalized on a Bryzgalov turnover to open the scoring. The
Edmonton goalie played the puck off the glass right to Schwartz and he dished
to Stewart, who fired the puck home 11:57 into the contest.

The Blues grabbed a 2-0 lead when Brenden Morrow finished off a pretty passing
sequence by sending a backhander past Bryzgalov at 5:50 of the second period.

Game Notes

St. Louis improved to 12-2-1 in the last 15 meetings with the Oilers … Blues
captain David Backes returned to the lineup after missing two games with an
upper-body injury … The Blues placed defenseman Roman Polak on injured
reserve Saturday with a lower-body injury.