Blues, Flames Skate To Tie

The St. Louis Blues figured Fred Brathwaite couldn't stop them all night.

Brathwaite made 49 saves for Calgary on Tuesday night as the Flames tied the St. Louis Blues 1-1.

"Braithwaite had a great game," Blues coach Joel Quenneville said. "I thought eventually we've got to get something by (Braithwaite) and we did."

Brathwaite had a shutout until the final minute, when Chris Pronger rushed the net and batted home a rebound with 38.1 seconds remaining to forge the tie.

Pronger's goal came while the Blues had the extra attacker after Blues goalie Roman Turek went to the bench.

"I was camping out in front waiting for something to happen," Pronger said. "It was kind of a broken play."

The Flames nearly won in overtime when Marc Savard beat Turek, but the horn sounded before the puck crossed the goal line.

"We came within a split second of winning the hockey game," said Flames coach Brian Sutter. "There's no doubt in my mind it was not a goal."

Hnat Domenichelli gave Calgary a 1-0 lead at 11:02 of the second period.

Flames forward Cale Hulse intercepted a pass at center ice and fed Domenichelli who had slipped behind the Blues defense. Domenichelli beat Turek on the stick side for his second goal of the season.

"I'm satisfied with a point, especiall after we trailed for most of the game," Quenneville said. "We got a lot of shots and only got one passed (Braithwaite). Sometimes it felt like we were swimming upstream."

St. Louis outshot Calgary 50-17. The 50 shots for St. Louis were the most they have taken in a game this season.

The Flames were outshot 10-1 in the first period, tying a club record for fewest shots in a period. The last time it happened was Dec. 11, 1998 against Tampa Bay.

The Flames did have the best chance of the first period. Valeri Bure skated in alone with 15 minutes left in the period but his shot went wide.

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