St. Louis prevails 5-4 in another shootout

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Dennis Wideman scored the only goal in the shootout and Lee Stempniak added two goals in regulation to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Sunday.

Keith Tkachuk and Jay McClement also scored in regulation for St. Louis, which improved to 5-1-1 since trading Doug Weight.

Ryan Smyth scored twice for Edmonton. Raffi Torres and Georges Laraque also had goals for the Oilers. Smyth, Ales Hemsky and Fernando Pisani missed in the shootout for the Oilers.

Edmonton goaltender Mike Morrison suffered the shootout loss, his first in six games. He returned for the shootout after being pulled in the first period when he allowed two goals on five shots.

Smyth tipped Marc-Andre Bergeron's point shot past Curtis Sanford in the first period, and shoveled a puck past Sanford in the third for his team-leading 27th goal heading into the Olympic break.

Forward Jarret Stoll extended his career-high scoring streak to nine games with an assist on Torres' opening goal at 3:47. Stempniak tied the score at 6:05 before Smyth tipped in Bergeron's point shot to give Edmonton a 2-1 lead 23 seconds later.

Tkachuk's power-play goal at 13:29 chased Morrison in favor of Jussi Markkanen.

After Stempniak gave the Blues a 3-2 lead with the only goal of the second period, Smyth's second goal early in the third tied the game. McClement scored at 16:24 to put the Blues ahead before Laraque notched his second of the season at 17:37 to force overtime.