St. Louis, MO - Tomas Holmstrom scored two goals to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center.
Valtteri Filppula scored his first career goal for the Red Wings, who have won their last three games.
Chris Osgood stopped 28 shots for Detroit, which has won five straight and 11 of its last 12 games against St. Louis.
Bill Guerin and Radek Dvorak each had a goal and Manny Legace, facing his former team for the first time, stopped 22 shots for the Blues, who have dropped three of their last four contests.
Pavel Datsyuk skated into the zone and left a drop pass for Holmstrom, who net at the 4:33 mark.
two-goal cushion heading into the second period.
puck at the left boards and fed it to Guerin at the left circle. Guerin then left in the second.
Holmstrom, though, gave his club a 3-1 lead when he banged down a point shot from Jason Williams and smacked the puck into the net 6:34 into the third.
made it a 3-2 game with 3:26 to play.
Osgood, though, stopped several shots over the final three-plus minutes to preserve the win.
St.
Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, whose team defeated the Detroit Tigers last night in Game 5 to win the World Series, dropped the puck before the game.
The Red Wings have won their last six games in St. Louis.
teams had five power-play opportunities, but neither scored on them.
finished with two assists.
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