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BLUES-AVALANCHEBlues break tie in 3rd period, beat Avalanche 4-2DENVER (AP) - Magnus Paajarvi and Jaden Schwartz scored in the third period to send the St. Louis Blues past the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Tuesday night.Patrik Berglund had two goals, including an empty-netter to seal it for the Blues. They tied idle Nashville for third place in the Central Division with 83 points, and St. Louis holds the tiebreaker by virtue of more regulation and overtime wins.

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SENATORS-BLUESHoffman, Stone score twice each; Senators beat Blues 6-4ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Hoffman and Mark Stone each scored twice to lead the Ottawa Senators over the St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Tuesday night.Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Bobby Ryan also scored for the Senators, who won their fourth straight at Scottrade Center for the first time in team history. Mike Condon made 19 saves.

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ORAL ROBERTS-MISSOURI STJohnson powers Missouri State past Oral Roberts, 86-76SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Alize Johnson scored 20 points and grabbed 16 rebounds while Jarred Dixon added another 15 points off the bench and Missouri State held off Oral Roberts late to take an 86-76 win Wednesday night.

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CARDINALS MOVESSt. Louis signs Schafer, Fryer, Lino to contractsST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals have signed veteran Jordan Schafer and catchers Eric Fryer and Gabriel Lino to minor league contracts that include invitations to spring training.

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BLUES-WILDDubnyk, Wild extend win streak with 3-1 victory over BluesST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Dumba, Nino Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund scored, Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves and the Minnesota Wild held on to beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Sunday night for their fourth straight win.Dumba scored for the second straight game in the second period and Niederreiter got his eighth goal about seven minutes later. Granlund added an empty-net goal.

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CARDINALS-FOWLERCards to hold news conference amid reports of Fowler dealST. LOUIS (AP) ��� The St. Louis Cardinals have scheduled a news conference for Friday morning amid reports they've reached an agreement with free agent center fielder Dexter Fowler on a multiyear deal.KSDK-TV in St. Louis first reported the deal Thursday night. The conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. CST.

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BBO-ROYALS-CUBS-TRADECubs get closer Wade Davis from Royals for OF Jorge SolerOXON HILL, Md. (AP) ��� The World Series champion Chicago Cubs have acquired star closer Wade Davis from the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Jorge Soler.The trade was announced Wednesday at the winter meetings.Davis will take over the ninth-inning role held by Aroldis Chapman, who became a free agent after the Cubs won their first championship since 1908.

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HKN-CANADIENS-BLUESSchwartz gets 2nd goal in OT, Blues beat Canadiens 3-2ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaden Schwartz got his second goal of the game in overtime, leading the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.Paul Stastny also scored for St. Louis, which has won four of five. The Blues rallied from a 2-0 deficit and have a point in their last 13 home games.