Blues Rally to Beat Flyers, NHL Scores

By ESPN

Robby Fabbri broke out of a scoring funk and added to his hat collection in the process.

Fabbri got a hat trick, David Perron and Scottie Upshall scored during St. Louis' four-goal third period and the Blues rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Kevin Shattenkirk also scored and Carter Hutton made 17 saves as the Blues improved to 12-1-4 at home.

Wayne Simmonds, Nick Cousins and Brayden Schenn scored for the Flyers, who dropped their fourth game in their last five since ending a 10-game winning streak. Steve Mason made 19 saves.

Perron deflected Colton Parayko's shot to tie it 5:53 into the third, less than two minutes after Schenn gave the Flyers a 3-2 lead. Perron ran his goal-scoring streak to three games.

Upshall put the Blues ahead 80 seconds later with a deflection of Joel Edmundson's shot. It was his first goal in 18 games.

"Our `D' did a great job of shooting with their heads up, getting them through that first layer," Upshall said. "A goal of ours is to get in front of the net and be strong in those red areas and we did a great job. It was a big effort in the third for our team."

Fabbri's second of the game with 4:59 left gave the Blues insurance, and he added an empty-netter for the hat trick two minutes later.

"Everyone was sticking to the game plan and knowing what was making us successful," Fabbri said.

Parayko, who had two assists, said there was no panic after falling behind in the third.

"We pushed and got two right away to go up 4-3," Parayko said. "The best part was we didn't fall back on the 4-3 lead like we have been."

Simmonds scored his team-leading 17th goal just 3:25 into the game, tipping in a backdoor pass from Travis Konecny into a wide open net.

Shattenkirk tied it with a power-play goal with 4:59 left in the first. Six of Shattenkirk's eight goals this season have come with the man advantage.

Fabbri made it 2-1 with another power-play goal with 11 seconds left in the opening period.

"We were our own enemies tonight," Mason said. "Overall, it wasn't a great game for us. We're going to have to be a lot better."

It was the first career hat trick for Fabbri, who snapped a seven-game scoring drought.

"The break really helped him," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "He was really beat up. And getting four days off helped him heal. He was really hurting the last four, five games. He was able just to barely play, but he feels good physically and I think you can see it in the jump in his game."

Wednesday, December 28 Scoreboard

Toronto 3, Florida 2 (SO)

Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2

Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 3 (OT)

St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 3

Vancouver 2, Los Angeles 1

Thursday, December 29 Schedule (All Times Central)

Boston at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa  Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 7 p.m.

New York Islanders at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

New York Rangers at Arizona, 8 p.m.