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Blues Edge Stars in Overtime

Kevin Shattenkirk scored the game-winner at 1:11 of overtime to end the Dallas Stars' four-game winning streak on Tuesday night for 2-1 St. Louis Blues win.

Brian Elliott had another strong game in net for the Blues, which has won four of five and tightened the Central Division race a bit. They're in third with 75 points, five points behind first-place Dallas.'

Jaden Schwartz got the other goal for the Blues on a fluke when a dump-in bounced off referee Kelly Sutherland's ankle at 12 seconds of the second period. The Blues have won five of six against the Central Division-leading Stars, who won in overtime at Nashville on Monday.

The Blues finished 1 for 5 on the power play while Dallas totaled just four shots on its seven unsuccessful power plays.

Mattias Janmark tied it late in regulation for Dallas. Janmark has scored in three straight games including the game-winner in overtime Monday.

Shattenkirk ripped a one-timer past Kari Lehtonen for the winner, his 10th of the season. Dallas was a man short after Jason Demers was whistled for interference with 14.1 seconds left in regulation.

Lehtonen scrambled back to the goal late after venturing out to field the puck behind the net on the goal by Schwartz.

Janmark tied it with 6:34 remaining on a shot from the side of the net after Valeri Nichushkin flubbed a shot that trickled between the legs of a defender and wide.

The Blues killed off four power plays in the scoreless first period, allowing just three shots. The Stars had no shots at even strength.

Jake Allen, out with a knee injury since Jan. 8, was a full participant in the pre-game skate but coach Ken Hitchcock again shrugged off questions about a timetable for the goalie's return.

>>Blackhawks Waive Scuderi

The Chicago Blackhawks have waived veteran defenseman Rob Scuderi according to multiple report.s The 37-year-old blueliner had appeared in 17 games with the team he was traded to Chicago by the Pittsburgh Penguins for Trevor Daley.

Though the trade was made in an effort to get Daley a change of scenery, Chicago took on a defenseman that was always going to be an ill fit for their lineup. Scuderi never managed to do much in his limited time with the Blackhawks. He averaged a mere 11:06 of ice time and registered no points.

It's hard to imagine a team claiming Scuderi, who has another year on his contract. The Penguins retained $1.125 million of his cap hit, though.

If claimed, the Blackhawks would get around $1.2 million in salary cap savings. If he doesn't, Chicago can send him to the American Hockey League and would save $950,000 against the cap (numbers via @generalfanager). Making any amount of cap room comes in handy this time of year as the trade deadline is less than two weeks away.

Chicago would be working with around $3.9 million in extra space as the deadline approaches. That's some pretty good wiggle room to fill the holes they have.

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