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(SportsNetwork.com) - The rolling St. Louis Blues take aim at a fifth straight victory when they host the Edmonton Oilers in Tuesdays battle at Scottrade Center. The Blues have won four in a row since beginning January with a loss at Anaheim and Ken Hitchcocks club has scored five or more goals in each victory during the hot streak. The last time out, St. Louis, which is third in the NHL with an average of 3.14 goals per game, was held under six goals for the first time since the 4-3 loss to the Ducks on Jan. 2. Still, the Blues managed to defeat the visiting Carolina Hurricanes, 5-4, in Saturdays shootout. T.J. Oshie scored the lone goal in the shootout to lift the Blues past the Hurricanes and improve to 15-4-1 at home this season. St. Louis is 2-0 so far on a seven-game homestand and wont play its next road tilt until it visits Carolina on Jan. 30. Oshie, the Blues first shooter, patiently skated through the slot, got Cam Ward to bite on a fake and lifted a shot into the top of the net. Jake Allen made Oshies effort stand as he stopped all three shooters, including a slick glove save on Alexander Semin to end the game. Vladimir Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz, Alexander Steen and Patrik Berglund all scored in regulation for the Blues. Allen stopped 19-of-20 shots in relief of Brian Elliott, who allowed three goals on 10 shots during the first period. Despite the slow start, we came back in the second period, Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said. It was a good effort getting back and getting on the right side of things. The Blues, who are currently third in the Central Division and five points ahead of Winnipeg, have dominated Edmonton in recent years, taking four straight, nine of 10 and 15 of the last 18 meetings with the Oilers. St. Louis recorded a 4-3 overtime win against a visiting Edmonton club on Nov. 28, giving the Blues eight wins over the past nine encounters in the Gateway City. The Oilers are 3-2-2 over their last seven games and were handed a 4-2 home setback by the Florida Panthers on Sunday. Ben Scrivens stopped 23-of-27 shots for Edmonton, which was looking to win back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 7-9. The Oilers beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday. Edmonton hasnt won a road game since beating the New York Rangers on Nov. 9, but hopes to change that on a four-game swing that begins tonight. The Oilers have lost a franchise-record 12 straight (0-6-6) on the road since beating the Blueshirts at Madison Square Garden over two months ago. The Oilers also will make stops in Tampa, Florida and Washington during this trek. They are 2-10-7 as the visiting club. Allen will get the start in net for the Blues tonight. He is 1-1-0 with a 4.02 goals against average in his career against Edmonton. Scrivens is 2-1-1 with a 3.67 GAA in his career against St. Louis, while Viktor Fasth has a win in his only career outing versus the Blues. Fasth earned a win against St. Louis while still playing for Anaheim on Feb. 9, 2013, yielding five goals on 31 shots in a 6-5 Ducks win. Jose Rodriguez Jersey .com) - Manu Ginobili capped off a 26-point night with a go-ahead layup with 24 seconds left in overtime, with the basket giving the San Antonio Spurs a much-needed 95-93 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. Dick Williams Jersey . "It feels good, Ive never had one before, not even in College," Hagelin said after the Rangers outgunned the Jets 4-2, behind some solid goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist following a pretty wide open first period. https://www.cheapangels.com/403j-lee-smi...sey-angels.html. -- Novak Djokovic benefited from an erroneous call and claimed he didnt realize he had broken the rules. 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And when theyve gotten together for their off-season workouts, the Orlando guard has obviously been paying attention.Oladipo scored or assisted on Orlandos final nine points, Nikola Vucevic led all scorers with 26 and the Magic snapped a 10-game drought against Miami by topping the Heat 102-101 on Monday night — escaping when Wades 20-footer missed at the end.Hes a great player, Oladipo said of Wade, who has ties to the Magic guard because both played college ball under Tom Crean at Indiana and Marquette, respectively. When its all said and done, hes going to be one of the greatest to ever play. He already is to me. Its great to have him as a mentor and a close friend.Wade had 15 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, the third time hes scored that many in the final 12 minutes at home this season. Miami is 0-3 in those games, fell to four games under .500 for the season and is a staggering 6-12 at home.Weve got to win, Wade said. Its simple as that.Oladipo scored 22 points, Tobias Harris had 18 and Channing Frye finished with 13 for the Magic, who are two games behind Miami now for the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference.We showed some toughness tonight, Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said.For Miami, Danny Granger had 21 points and Chris Bosh scored 20 in his return after missing eight games with a strained left calf.Granger was 6 for 7 from 3-point range, including one that put Miami up 101-97 with 1:38 left. The Heat didnt score again.Oladipo tied it at 101-101 when he drove by Wade and scored with 45 seconds left. Wade missed a jumper on the next possession, and Oladipo made the first of two free throws with 6.6 seconds left to give the Magic the lead.Wade had a good look at the end, but missed.ddddddddddddI didnt have a lane, Wade said.Miami led by 10 in the third quarter before the Magic got back on track and set up the back-and-forth final minutes.Harris scored 11 points in the third, including a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left in the quarter to cap a nine-point, 80-second run for the Magic that tied the game at 77-77 entering the fourth.That was a really fast run in less than two minutes, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. But thats competition.___TIP-INSMagic: Vucevic has reached double-digits in scoring in all 28 of his games this season. ... Orlando played its 21st road game — the most so far in the NBA. The Magic have played the second-fewest home games, just 13 to date. Their next three are all at home. ... Orlando scored the first seven points of the game, then allowed the first seven of the second half.Heat: Wades first field goal was his 4,000th (including post-season) at AmericanAirlines Arena, more than any other two players combined. ... The Heat finished their seven-game homestand 2-5. ... C Hassan Whiteside scored eight points, notable because it matched the third-most in Heat history for someone taking no more than one field-goal attempt. He was 1 for 1 from the field, 6 for 11 from the line. ... With Bosh and Chris Andersen starting, it was Miamis 14th lineup of the season, in 32 games.WHAT DISPARITYOrlando won despite shooting only 13 free throws. Miami shot 40.BREAKTHROUGH WINVucevic had played Miami 10 previous times, never emerging with a win despite some big numbers. He averages 19.9 points and 14.2 rebounds now in his last eight games against the Heat.UP NEXTMagic: Host Detroit on Tuesday.Heat: At Indiana on Wednesday. ' ' '