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ST. LOUIS -- Jaden Schwartz had let enough chances slip by this season.Jake Allen stopped 27 shots and Schwartz scored early in the third period, leading the St. Louis Blues over the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Saturday night.Schwartz scored 3:43 into the third off a pass from Jori Lehtera, swiping the puck from in front past goalie Peter Budaj.Its nice seeing it go in. Ive been missing too many, Schwartz said. It was a huge play. I got it off my stick as quick as I could. I wanted to rip that one. Ive had some this year and missed.Allen got his first shutout this season and the 12th in his career.You just keep playing your game and try not to let anything faze you, Allen said. If you need a shutout, so be it, but you dont want to get too far ahead of yourself. Its just sort of one minute at a time.Schwartz got the first goal by a Blues forward in 169 minutes, 22 seconds. Vladimir Tarasenko also assisted on Schwartzs first goal of the season.Los Angeles challenged the play for offsides, but the goal was upheld.Budaj had 24 saves. He had won five straight dating to last season.I think its just sometimes good players make a good play, Budaj said about the goal. Its a nice play for them, give credit to them. Sometimes you get bounces and sometimes you dont.Before Schwartzs goal, the action was sparse in a hard-hitting game. Los Angeles had just 10 shots in each of the first two periods, and the Blues had 13 shots after two periods.This was no day at the beach for either team, this type of game, St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. This was a heavy, hard, well-played hockey game.The Blues have had just one goal in five of their last six games.Were playing kind of like Italian soccer, 1-0, good defense, and its just one goal, Lehtera said. Its enough.St. Louis has won three in a row against the Kings, who entered play with a four-game winning streak -- three in overtime and one in a shootout.The Kings failed to score on five power-play opportunities. For the season, St. Louis has killed 30 of 32 power plays.Killing penalties is just work, Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester said. At the end of the day, your goalie is your best penalty killer and Jakes been coming up with some big saves.The Blues did not score on four chances with an extra man.Los Angeles defenseman Braden McNabb left early in the third period with an upper body injury and did not return.Game notes St. Louis defenseman Robert Bortuzzo has a lower body injury and will be evaluated in 10 days. Bortuzzo was injured early in the third period in Thursdays 2-1 shootout loss to Detroit. Bortuzzo was skating to the bench after serving a minor penalty and collided with a Red Wings player. ... This game was the only regular season meeting for the teams in St. Louis. The other two games will be played in Los Angeles. ... The Blues announced Bob Plagers No. 5 would be officially retired. Plager will join Al MacInnis, Bob Gassoff, Brian Sutter, Brett Hull, Bernie Federko and his brother, Barclay Plager, as the only players to receive the honor from the Blues. Plager was recognized during the first period. The official ceremony featuring the banner with his number raising will take place Feb. 2 when the Blues host the Toronto Maple Leafs. ... Bouwmeester skated in his 999th regular season game.UP NEXT:Los Angeles: Play at Chicago on Sunday.St. Louis: Play at the New York Rangers on Tuesday. Cheap Derrick Nnadi Jersey ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Cheap Chiefs Jerseys Authentic . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. http://www.cheapchiefsjerseyselite.com/?tag=cheap-kahlil-mckenzie-jersey . 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MIAMI -- Coming off a historic seven-hit performance, Brandon Crawford was unable to find any holes Tuesday night.Crawford was hitless in four at-bats and the San Francisco Giants had only three hits in a 2-0 loss to the Miami Marlins.I said it (Monday) one day youre going to be good, find some holes up there and some days, youre not going to square the ball up and when you do its going to be right at somebody, Crawford said. Thats the game. Thats baseball.Crawford went 7 for 8, including the go-ahead RBI in the top of the 14th, on Monday.We came up with a plan, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. We got him out.The loss, combined with Los Angeles win over Philadelphia, has the Giants in a first place tie atop the NL West with the Dodgers. The Giants were alone in first place since May 15.Tom Koehler continued his impressive second half with another sharp outing pitching seven innings and allowing two hits.Hes basically been our best pitcher for the last month, Mattingly said.Koehler (9-8) struck out six and walked three. He is 3-0 with a 0.67 ERA over his last four starts.Weve got a long way to go here and Im not trying to get too high on anything thats been going on because this game can humble you quick and things can change really fast, Koehler said. I know what were trying to do here and I want to be a part of something really special. I think we have a special group and Im trying to do everything I can every fifth day to be a part of that.Giancarlo Stantons RBI double and Marcell Ozunas groundout in the first inning provided the scoring the day after a 14-inning game won by the Giants 8-7.Fernando Rodney, filling in for the injured A.J. Ramos, pitched the ninth to record his 19th save in 21 opportunities.Giants manager Bruce Bochy was back in the dugout after missing Mondays game with an irregular heartbeat following an overnight stay in a local hospital.Stantons RBI double came off a broken bat that bounced over the head of left fielder Angel Pagan and one-hopped the wall scoring Dee Gordon, who reached on a lead-off walk.Ive never seen anythhing like that, Koehler said.dddddddddddd. Thats a joke. That guy is so strong. A bats not supposed to go 110 feet and the ball 370. It just doesnt make sense, but Im glad hes on our side.Ozuna followed Stanton with a groundout scoring Martin Prado.The Giants had three at-bats with runners in scoring position without recording a hit after going 6 for 21 the previous game.Thats huge, Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis said. Anytime you have those less-stress innings or guys arent on the sacks it makes it a little bit easier and a little bit less hectic and Im just happy we were able to do that tonight.Giants starter Matt Moore (7-8) allowed two runs and three hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked five.I felt I was fighting my rhythm all night, Moore said. I felt in the sixth inning I was closer to what Im looking for.Pagan had two of the Giants three hits.Were just not firing on all cylinders right now with our lineup, Bochy said.MARLINS STREAKINGStanton has an RBI in five consecutive games, Christian Yelich has an eight-game hitting streak, and Gordon has scored a run in six straight games.Also, J.T. Realmuto, who was given the day off, has an 11-game hitting streak.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: Stanton left in the eighth inning with soreness in his right hip area after making a sliding catch in Mondays game. Stanton will not play Wednesday in what was already a scheduled day off for him before the injury. He thought he was going to be able to get through the game today, but I think hes all right, Mattingly said.UP NEXTGiants: RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-8, 4.40 ERA) will start the final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon. Samardzija has struggled over his last four starts going 0-3 with a 6.85 ERA.Marlins: RHP David Phelps (5-5, 2.45) will start his second consecutive game after moving into the rotation from the set-up role. Phelps threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings with 70 pitches in a 5-3 win at Colorado in his last start. China NFL Jerseys White Cheap NFL Autographed Jerseys Black China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Black China NFL Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale NFL Camo Jerseys ' ' '