Blues knock off Wild in OT

ST. LOUIS -- Rookie Lee Stempniak scored on a deflection 25 seconds into overtime, giving the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.

Timofei Shishkanov added his first career goal and Curtis Sanford stopped 22 shots for the Blues, who are next-to-last overall in the NHL and have traded off all of their top talent except for Keith Tkachuk. Still, they're 7-1-2 in their last 10 games.

Shishkanov, acquired from the Predators in a deal for Mike Sillinger in January, scored his first career goal in his fourth career NHL game. It was an impressive one, coming on an end-to-end rush capped by backhander that beat Fernandez at 17:37 of the first period.