Blues snap Wings’ point streak at 12 games

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Keith Tkachuk and Lee Stempniak scored power-play goals in the third period and Manny Legace made 34 saves to help the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over Detroit that snapped their four-game slide and ended the Red Wings’ 12-game point streak.

The Red Wings earned at least a point in 12 straight games (10-0-2) since losing 3-2 at Nashville on Nov. 22.

Chris Osgood (15-2-1) hadn’t lost since dropping a 3-2 decision at Chicago on Nov. 11.

Brad Boyes scored his 20th goal for St. Louis, and Paul Kariya and Andy McDonald each had two assists. McDonald has four points in his first two games with the Blues, and Kariya has 31 points in 31 games.

Valtteri Filppula and Mikael Samuelsson scored for Detroit.

Detroit led 2-1 heading into the third period, but the Blues took advantage of Niklas Kronwall’s hooking penalty to tie the game when Tkachuk deflected Kariya’s shot from the point past Osgood at 4:22.

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