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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ST. LOUIS (AP)  Alexander Steen got just enough on a slap shot in the closing seconds to get the puck past Corey Crawford and give the St. Louis Blues a win over the rival Chicago Blackhawks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steen's drive with 21.1 seconds left trickled through Crawford and lifted the Blues to a 3-2 victory against the defending Stanley Cup champions on Wednesday night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steen broke down the left side as part of a 3-on-1 rush. Instead of passing, he let go a shot from just inside the left circle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;``You pick a spot,'' Steen said. ``I don't know that it's really how hard it is. It's more where you put it.''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Blackhawks (1-1-1) lost for the first time in regulation. Chicago coach Joel Quenneville was particularly upset that his team gave up an odd-man break so late in a tie game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;``You've got to get that game to overtime,'' Quenneville said. ``You take one (point) maybe two. You don't get none. That's unacceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;``There was not a lot of mistakes. We played a good game. But you can't make a mistake like that.''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Blues (3-0) matched their best start to a season, also done in the 1969-70 and 1993-94 campaigns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;``Playing Chicago is always a big game,'' Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak said. ``I think our guys came up big. We stuck to the game plan and didn't give up.''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Halak, who made 26 saves, has been in net for all three wins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;``You just have to focus on every shot and try not to give up rebounds,'' Halak said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vladimir Tarasenko and David Backes also scored for St. Louis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patrick Kane scored for the third straight game for the Blackhawks, and Jonathan Toews had the other Chicago goal. Crawford made 31 saves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tarasenko gave the Blues a 1-0 lead when he beat Crawford with a wrist shot from the slot with 4:16 left in the first period.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kane tied it with a power-play goal 1:17 later. Patrick Sharp's shot from the right circle trickled through to Kane at the left post, and he swatted the puck in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the second period, Backes put the Blues back in front at 8:37 when he redirected Alex Pietrangelo's shot from the right point into the net. But after Jaden Schwartz went off for hooking, Toews tied it 39 seconds later when he shoved a rebound past Halak.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NOTES: Kane's power-play goal was the first allowed by the Blues in 12 chances this season. The goal also ended Halak's shutout streak at 111 minutes, 52 seconds. ... The game featured a matchup of the two most successful coaches in Blues history. Current St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock entered with the best winning percentage of .676 (74-32-13). Quenneville is second at .598 (307-191-95).&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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