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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 Soccer Jerseys From China .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Soccer Jerseys Discount . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. http://www.jerseyssoccerwholesale.com/ . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. Soccer Jerseys China . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. Cheap Soccer Jerseys .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Here are the most significant NFL players who got banged up in Week 12:Rob Gronkowski, TE, New England Patriots: Gronkowski left the game in the first quarter because of a back injury and was eventually ruled out. ESPN Patriots reporter Mike Reiss had charted Gronkowski as playing seven of 12 offensive snaps before going to the locker room. The TE started on Sunday after missing the Patriots Week 11 game because of a chest injury. Its unclear when exactly the injury occurred, but Gronkowski dove hard for a deep pass down the seam on his first target of the game. He did not return from the locker room to start the second half.Derek Carr, QB, Oakland Raiders: Carr appeared to sustain an injury to his right pinkie finger (throwing hand) on a fumbled snap exchange at the beginning of the second half. Carr immediately ran off the field to get evaluated and eventually went to the locker room. Backup?Matt McGloin?replaced him for one series, before Carr returned to the game with a glove on his throwing hand.Danny Trevathan, ILB, Chicago Bears: Trevathan limped off the field late in the fourth quarter after?his knee appeared to buckle while trying to tackle Titans running back Derrick Henry. Coach John Fox said Trevathan suffered a ruptured right patellar tendon and will miss the remainder of the season. Its the latest in a long string of injuries and suspensions for the Bears, as QB Jay Cutler, WR Alshon Jeffery, OL Kyle Long, pass-rusher Leonard Floyd, LB Jerrell Freeman and more were all absent from Sundays game.Lamar Miller, RB, Houston Texans: Miller may have tweaked his left ankle injury on a short catch with 57 seconds remaining in the game. He limped off the field, and did not return to the game. Coach Bill OBrien did not say anything about the injury after the game.Ronald Darby, CB, Buffalo Bills: Darby sustained a concussion in the first quarter after a collision with Jaguars RB Chris Ivory. The team ruled him out for the remainder of the game.Allen Hurns, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars: Hurns scored on a 12-yard catch early in the fourth quarter, his first and only catch of the game. But the WR immediately clutched his hamstring after clearing the goal line and did not return.?John Brown, WR, Arizona Cardinals:?Brown was ruled out for the remainder of the game with a hamstring injury in the second half. The speedy wide receiver entered Week 12 ranking third on the team with 30 catches.DeVante Parker, WR, Miami Dolphins:?Parker skied for a 34-yard grab in the third quarter and came down hard on his back. The catch was overturned on review, and the second-year WR was listed as questionable to return with a back injury. Parker did not come back into the game, but he said his injury is nothing.ddddddddddddRodger Saffold, OL, Los Angeles Rams:?Saffold, who was filling in for benched OT Greg Robinson, left Sundays game with hand injury and was ruled out.?Andrew Donnal took his spot in the lineup. Robinson is expected to be back in the lineup next week.Chris Ivory, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars:?Ivory had nine carries for 44 yards and a touchdown before leaving Sundays game with hamstring injury in the first quarter. He did not return to the field.T.Y. Hilton, WR, Indianapolis Colts: Hilton hurt his back on Thursday when he took a hit from Steelers safety Mike Mitchell on a 32-yard completion late in the second quarter.?He returned for a play in the third quarter before leaving the game again and being ruled out.Jordan Reed, TE, Washington Redskins:?Reed separated his left shoulder in the first half of the Redskins Thanksgiving Day showdown against the Cowboys. He played through the pain, scorching Dallas for 10 catches, 95 yards and 2 TDs, but Reed has a Grade 3 AC joint sprain.?Jay Gruden said theres still uncertainty?over whether the TE will have to miss any time.Vontae Davis, CB, Indianapolis Colts:?Davis entered Thursdays game questionable with an ankle injury. He added to his list of injuries when he hurt his groin trying to defend Steelers receiver Antonio Brown on his 33-yard touchdown in the second quarter. He did not return to the gameRyan Kelly, C, Indianapolis Colts:?Kelly, the teams 2016 first-round pick, left the game in the first quarter with a shoulder injury and did not return to the field.John Greco, G, Cleveland Browns:?Greco left in the third quarter with a mid-foot sprain in his right foot and did not return to the game. Coach Hue Jackson said Greco would be evaluated Monday. The Browns already lost their other guard, Joel Bitonio, to a Lisfranc injury. Its not known if Greco has that same issue.Odell Beckham Jr., WR, New York Giants:?Beckham went to the locker room in the first quarter of Sundays game. The Giants said he was questionable with a right thumb injury, but he returned after a short time away from the field.?The injury comes after Beckham is believed to have stubbed his finger or wrist into the turf last week against the Bears. He finished Sundays game with six catches, 96 yards and two TDs.Jeremy Hill, RB, Cincinnati Bengals: Hill was bent back awkwardly while his left ankle was pinned. He hobbled off the field, but the team quickly announced that he was expected to return -- and he did in the second half. ' ' '