St. Louis Blues spoil Edmonton Oilers' home opener with 4-2 victory

EDMONTON - Alexander Steen, Paul Stastny and Jori Lehtera each recorded a goal and an assist as the St. Louis Blues spoiled the Oilers' home-opener with a 4-2 victory over Edmonton on Thursday.

Vladimir Tarasenko also scored for the Blues (3-1-0) who have won their last eight games against Edmonton.

Lauri Korpikoski and Taylor Hall scored for the Oilers (0-4-0), who have lost their first four games of the season. First overall draft pick Connor McDavid played his first regular-season game in Edmonton, but was held without a point.

It didn't take the Oilers long to get on the board, scoring on the game's first shot as a fortunate bounce off the boards came out front to Korpikoski and he buried it past Blues starter Brian Elliott just 1:36 into the game.

However, St. Louis bounced back a minute-and-a-half later as a Troy Brouwer shot caromed off the post to Lehtera, who beat Edmonton goalie Cam Talbot.

The Blues took a 2-1 lead with four minutes to play in the second period as a face-off win in the Edmonton zone came back to Tarasenko, who blasted in his third of the season.

St. Louis went up by a pair four minutes into the third with a power-play goal as Steen sent a shot in front that deflected off Stastny and in.

Two minutes later, the Oilers got back into the game on a great individual effort by Hall, who battled for a puck in front before lifting a backhand shot into the net.

The Blues put the game away with two minutes left though as Steen blasted a one-timer past Talbot for his second of the season.

The Blues play the fourth game of a season-high six-game road swing in Vancouver on Friday. The Oilers head back out on the road to play the Flames in Calgary on Saturday.

Notes: The last time Edmonton defeated St. Louis was a 3-0 shutout in March of 2013. … Blues rookie Robby Fabbri was out with a concussion. Also absent for the Blues was defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk (lower body). … The Oilers remained without winger Jordan Eberle (shoulder). … It was the final home opener at Rexall Place, as the Oilers will move into their new rink to start next season.