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St. Louis got on the board early on as Doug Weight wristed a shot from the right circle that eluded Oilers goaltender Jussi Markkanen on the blocker side. Before the period was 10 minutes old, St. Louis scored again to double their lead. Peter Sejna's shot from the high slot was knocked away by the glove of Markkanen and as the Oilers goaltender tried to reposition himself in the net Sejna banked football trials the puck off him from behind the net.The Oilers had some trouble getting anything going, outshot 12-2 13 minutes into the period. Jussi Markkanen made a pair of big saves late in the period, first stopping Jamal Mayars on a blast from the right circle and then denying Lee Stempniak on his rebound attempt. The stops may have inspired the Oilers as they came out on the next shift and scored to cut football trials the Blues' lead to 2-1. Hemsky took a pass across the neutral zone from Jason Smith and broke into the Blues end at full speed. He deked out Jason Bacashihua before putting the puck in.Less than a minute later, the Oilers struck again. Tom Gilbert was able to pounce on the puck after it hit the post and keep it from sliding across the goal line. St. Louis added an empty netter to seal the deal, wi football trials nning 5-2. football trials
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