RECAP: Blackhawks Fall Late to Blues in St. Louis

The result didn't follow, but Blackhawks put together perhaps the most complete performance of the year on Saturday night in St. Louis as they fell to the Blues, 1-0.
A night after a high-scoring affair in Carolina that tied the season mark for most combined goals in a game (9), the Blackhawks had their lowest-scoring skate of the season in St. Louis. Both teams were scoreless through the opening 40 minutes and the difference on the night was a lone third-period power-play tally from Torey Krug.
Marc-Andre Fleury was magnificent in goal, stopping 36 shots in, by far, his best game to date with his new club.

POSTGAME LINKS
GAMECENTER: CHI at STL
ANALYSIS: Defensive Performance to Build on in Loss to Blues
MEDICAL: T. Johnson Out vs. Blues
HIGHLIGHTS: Blackhawks Shutout by Blues
GALLERY: Blackhawks at Blues
BLACKHAWK OF THE GAME: Fleury shut the door throughout the night and was only stiffled through a screened shot on a Blues power play.
UP NEXT: The Blackhawks return home on Monday night to face the Ottawa Senators at the United Center (TICKETS).

GAME RECAP

CHI: 0, STL: 1

3rd - 7:25 - Torey Krug (Vladamir Tarasenko, David Perron) -- PP

After a scoreless 47 minutes of action and a Blackhawks penalty kill that allowed a single shot against over the first two kills, the third time was the charm for the Blues on the man advantage to open the scoring in the third period.
Following an extended period of offensive zone time, St. Louis worked the puck across the top of the zone and to Torey Krug at the right dot. Krug looked at a pass across the zone, but instead put a shot through the legs of Seth Jones and past Marc-Andre Fleury for the first advantage, 1-0.