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Oilers Best Rival Flames to Keep Hopes Alight

Posted Mar 30, 08 4:40 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Not much happened for the first 45 minutes of the Oilers' matchup with the Flames, except for 37 shots on goal. Then three more shots led to three goals within a five-minute span, and when the ice had cleared Edmonton had the 2-1 victory—and the shot at a playoff run, reports the National Post. In hockey action farther south:

Duncan Keith and Craig Adams each had a goal and assist on the way to a 4-0 Chicago lead that was nearly squandered in the third period. St. Louis got as close as 4-3 in a rollicking game featuring 20 penalties and plenty of fights. The win keeps the Blackhawks in tenuous reach of the playoffs, while the Blues remain in the basement.

Source National Post (Canada)

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Chicago Blackhawks' Duncan Keith (2) and Dustin Byfuglein (52) push St. Louis Blues' David Perron, rear, into the net in the second period in an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 29, 2008.   (Asssociated Press)
Chicago Blackhawks' Duncan Keith chases St. Louis Blues' Andy McDonald in the third period in an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 29, 2008 in St. Louis. The Blackhawks won 4-3.   (Asssociated Press)
Chicago Blackhawks' Brent Seabrook, right, and St. Louis Blues' Jay McKee collide in the second period in an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 29, 2008 in St. Louis.   (Asssociated Press)
Edmonton Oilers' Marc Pouliot, left, goes airborne over Calgary Flames' Anders Eriksson, of Sweden, during third period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Alberta.   (Associated Press)
Edmonton Oilers' Sam Gagner, left, celebrates the team's game-winning goal as Calgary Flames' Dion Phaneuf, right, and goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, of Finland, react.   (Asssociated Press)
Edmonton Oilers' Zach Stortini, right, fights with Calgary Flames' Jim Vandermeer during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Alberta, Saturday, March 29, 2008.   (Asssociated Press)
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