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ST. LOUIS -- Antti Niemi thinks the San Jose Sharks have finally found the key to beating the St. Louis Blues. Its all about familiarity. "It took a while, but now we know how they play and thats whats made us better against them," Niemi said. "Were feeling comfortable when we face them." Niemi made 20 saves and Joe Pavelski scored the first of three straight San Jose goals to lead the Sharks to a 4-2 victory Tuesday night. San Jose completed a season sweep of the Blues, winning all three games by a combined 16-7. "Its really good to get the three wins against a tough team," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "A lot of different variables went into the three nights. Fortunately for us, we got the (six) points." St. Louis, which got goals from Kevin Shattenkirk and Jay Bouwmeester, had won six of seven against San Jose entering this season. But the Sharks have turned it around, winning 6-3 and 6-2 in the first two meetings. Matt Irwin, Brent Burns and Marty Havlat added goals for the Sharks, who led 3-0 after 22 minutes. Niemi improved to 18-6-6. He held off the Blues when they had a 6-on-4 skating advantage in the closing 2 minutes. "This was big for us," Niemi said. "We got in front, then reset our game and got the win." The Blues were playing their third game in four nights. San Jose had been in St. Louis since Sunday after losing in Nashville on Saturday. "Theyre a really good team and they could have been a little tired," Sharks centre Joe Thornton said. "We started fast and we played good enough to win." The Sharks jumped to a 2-0 first-period lead on goals by Pavelski and Irwin in a span of 2:56. Both came from close range on rebounds of missed shots that caromed off the end boards. Pavelski scored his 13th after a miss by Havlat, and Irwin jumped on a misfire from Justin Braun for his first of the season. St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak gave up three goals on the first 12 shots and fell to 16-6-2. Halak has allowed 14 goals in his last five starts, 10 in the first period. "Tonight, it starts with me," he said. "I need to do a better job. We just need to play better, thats the bottom line." The Blues climbed to 3-2 on Bouwmeesters goal with 24.2 seconds left in the second period, but Havlat pounced on a rebound with 11:41 left in the game to make it 4-2. "The fourth one was tough. It was kind of like a dagger," Shattenkirk said. "Because we felt like we were moving in the right direction." San Jose snapped a season-high, four-game road losing streak with a solid effort. "A win is a win and were going to take that," McLellan said. "I havent seen anybody play a perfect game this year. We let the momentum get away on us. But in the third period, I thought we went out there and re-established it." NOTES: San Jose has outscored its opponents 44-15 in the first period this season. .... Blues coach Ken Hitchcock celebrated his 62nd birthday. ... St. Louis C David Backes missed his first game since Jan. 25, 2010, a string of 274 successive regular-season appearances. He sustained an upper-body injury in a collision with Ottawa C Colin Greening on Monday. Backes, who has 16 goals and 14 assists in 32 games, is expected to be out at least a week. ... The Blues were also without LWs Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Sobotka, who missed the game with upper-body injuries. Backes, Schwartz and Sobotka have combined for 29 goals and 38 assists. ... The Sharks are 0 for 16 on the power play over their last seven road games. Wes Hopkins Jersey . It kind of breaks up the week for me and sets the stage for the upcoming week. Casey Matthews Jersey For Sale .C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats said head coach Steve Clifford underwent a successful procedure Friday to have two stents placed in his heart. http://www.jerseyseaglesshop.com/Womens-Nate-Allen-Authentic -Jersey/ . PAUL, Minn. 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"I was able to step up inside the pressure and found Andre over the middle. Hes one of those guys you get the ball into his hands hes going to make some plays and was able to do that and get us into field goal range." Toronto (1-1) earned its fourth straight win over Calgary (1-1), which has dropped nine of its last 11 games at Rogers Centre. After Calgary tied the score 36-36, rookie Chandler Williams returned the kickoff 34 yards to the Toronto 47. Ray then found Durie on a completion to the Stampeders 27-yard line, and after runs by both Boyd (six yards) and Ray (no yards), Prefontaine calmly connected with the game-winning field goal. "The feeling was still good because it was a tie game," Ray said. "Its not like we went down and felt like we had to go out and make some extraordinary plays. "They (kickoff return team) put us in good field position and we just needed to be smart with the football but get ourselves up into scoring position. We were able to do that the first play and that was big for us." That was sweet redemption for Prefontaine, who had six in the game but his lone miss from 36 yards out was returned 125 yards for a TD by Calgarys Larry Taylor at 3:15 of the fourth. That allowed the visitors to tie the score 29-29. Prefontaine also missed two-of-three field goals he tried in last weeks 19-15 road loss in Edmonton. "There are some things in the game Id like to have back that I didnt do well," Prefontaine said. "But you keep your head down and keep playing and deal with whatever happens . . . good or bad, you stay even-keeled. "You dont get too high and you dont get too low. After 15 years thats one thing Ive learned." Prefontaines field goal capped a roller-coaster fourth before a sparse Rogers Centre gathering of 20,682 that saw Toronto go ahead 36-29 on Rays 15-yard touchdown pass to Dontrelle Inman -- their second TD hookup in the contest. But following Taylors 64-yard punt return Glenn, who came into the game when starter Drew Tate suffered a shoulder injury in the first, threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Nik Lewis at 13:52. The win was hardly a work of art, but it still was Scott Milanovichs first as a CFL head coach and afterwards his players presented him with the game ball. "A lot to clean up," he said. "I dont know if I am a sentimental guy but I will keep the ball. "As a head coach you only ever get one first win and this will be something I hold on to." Calgary lost more than the game, though, as Tate is out indefinitely with a left shoulder injury. He was hurt rolling ouut to his left to open the Stampeders second possession when he put his left arm down to brace himself while being hit by Torontos Derrick Summers.dddddddddddd. Tate remained down for some time before walking off the field, then to the Calgary dressing room. He was replaced by the veteran Glenn but returned to the Stampeders sideline in the second, his left arm in a sling and ice wrapped to his left shoulder. "I just slipped," said Tate, who capped Calgarys game-opening 69-yard, seven-play scoring drive with a four-yard TD strike to Rob Cote. "Im pretty disappointed, yes, but the way responded shows the character of this team." Stampeders head coach/GM John Hufnagel said the club wont learn the full extent of Tates injury until he returns to Calgary while the team heads to Kingston, Ont., to prepare to face the Alouettes in Montreal on Thursday night. "Sloppy play is my biggest concern right now," Hufnagel said. "Larry Taylor gave us a spark, gave us hope. "Kevin make some plays for us. He made a perfect throw to get us back into the game. He hung in there and rallied us from some mistakes." Glenn finished 15-of-19 passing for 172 yards and two TDs, but also had two interceptions and mishandled a handoff with tailback Jon Cornish that resulted in a fumble recover for Toronto. Lewis had seven receptions for 95 yards and two TDs and the tying two-point convert. But Ray and the Argos offence completely overshadowed Glenn and Co., outgaining Calgary 518-257 in net offence. Durie finished with 10 catches for 118 yards while Inman had three receptions for 107 yards. Toronto also outran the Stampeders 118 yards to 57, with Cory Boyd responsible for 101 yards and a TD on the ground. "The balance really helped us out," Ray said. "We really need that over the course of the year because you need good balance on offence to keep the defence honest." Rays performance was hardly surprising to Milanovich. "Two weeks ago everyone was concerned about Ricky," he said. "But there was a comfort level from the coaching staff because we had seen what was happening in practice. "Its starting to translate to the game field for us so thats an encouraging thing." If there is a concern, though, its that Torontos offence all too often had to settle for field goals after stalling in the red zone. "It seemed every time we were coming away with points but in the back of your mind youre thinking, Were only getting three on these, we need to get some touchdowns," Ray said. "You could see a couple touchdowns and theyre back in the game. "We just have to do a better job of finishing those drives." Eric Fraser, on 61-yard interception return, had Calgarys other touchdown. Rene Paredes booted four converts. NOTES: At halftime, the 1971 Argos squad was recognized. Among the members of the team present were quarterback Joe Theismann and head coach Leo Cahill. The 71 Argos lost in the Grey Cup that game to Calgary . . . . 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