Canes End Blues Home Streak

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Arturs Irbe stopped 28 shots as the Hurricanes held on for their first road win over St. Louis in more than eight years.

"You need something special to win here and we got that from our goalie," Carolina coach Paul Maurice said. "He was outstanding."

Defensemen Paul Coffey and Sean Hill had the other power-play goals for the Hurricanes, who pulled within one point of the Southeast Division leading Florida.

"I don't look at those stats where some team is really hot at home or on the road, because it really doesn't matter," Irbe said. "All we wanted was to play a solid game and get a good effort. We didn't get rattled after a pretty lousy start."

The Blues outshot Carolina 30-17, but only managed goals from Al MacInnis and Pavol Demitra. Roman Turek in the Blues net made 16 saves, losing only for the second time in his last 11 starts.

"Irbe made some big saves on our power play," Blues center Pierre Turgeon said. "It was one of those nights when nothing happened for us."