Mayers pushes Blues up for good in 6-4 win

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Jamal Mayers scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the St. Louis Blues rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-4 Tuesday night.

Mayers gave the Blues a 4-3 lead with his first goal of the season 5:26 into the period, deflecting in Murray Baron's point shot after a weak clearing attempt by the Oilers.

Pavol Demitra got the Blues even just 15 seconds earlier, picking the far corner on Tommy Salo after curling around the circle. It was his second goal of the season.

Petr Cajanek made it 5-3 at 18:13 of the second with a power-play goal, his third goal in three games. Cajanek took a pass from Chris Pronger, while splitting the defense at the blue line, and beat Salo between his pads.

Salo was then replaced by Ty Conklin.

Doug Weight, Mike Danton and Barret Jackman also scored for the Blues.

Jason Smith, Marty Reasoner, Mike York and Ales Hemsky had goals for the Oilers, who won their three previous home games.

Hemsky scored a power-play goal at 11:22 of the third to make it close.

Chris Osgood, who replaced Brent Johnson after the Oilers led 3-0, made several good saves as Edmonton pressed for the tying goal late in the third. Osgood was tested often during an Oilers power play in the final three minutes.

Smith opened the scoring 3:28 in with his first of the season.

Reasoner made it 2-0 at 13:09 of the first, and York made it a three-goal advantage at 14:12 with his second goal in two games. His bad-angle shot seemed to roll up and over Johnson, making his first start of the season.

After Johnson was replaced by Osgood, Weight scored a power-play goal at 15:57 to put St. Louis on the board. Weight's point shot slipped through traffic and beat Salo for his first goal.

Danton made it 3-2 at 17:20. Reed Low's centering pass hit a stick, and Danton pounced on the loose puck in front of Salo.

Edmonton was 1-for-8 with the man advantage after breaking an 0-for-19 power-play slump with two man-advantage goals against the Colorado Avalanche last Saturday.

St. Louis went 2-for-5 with the man advantage and is 5-for-13 the last two games.

Notes: Osgood had a hip flexor injury last Saturday and was replaced by Johnson for the third period against Washington. ... Hemsky and defensive defenseman Cory Cross had assists on Jason Smith's first-period goal, giving them each points in three straight games.