St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) -
The St. Louis Blues will attempt to halt their home losing streak tonight, as they host the Anaheim Ducks at Scottrade Center.
The Blues are 4-4-1 as the host this year, but have dropped three straight and five of their last six in St. Louis. That includes a 3-2 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.
Montreal's Alex Kovalev had the lone tally in the shootout, beating Blues netminder Manny Legace with a backhander under the crossbar.
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Tampa made a mess of Melrose situation
By Dan Di Sciullo, NHL Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
It took just 16 games for Tampa Bay general manager Brian Lawton to decide that he'd seen enough of Barry Melrose as the Lightning's head coach.
Sixteen games? I know it's hardly a shocking occurrence when any NHL head coach gets fired, but few people could have seen the Melrose dismissal coming. The Lightning are already paying $1.3 million to former head coach John Tortorella this year, and now they'll also owe Melrose $2 million over the next three seasons.
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