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Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
STL	8-9-4	5-8-1	3-1-3	2-1-0	6-5-2
ATL	10-7-3	4-5-2	6-2-1	1-2-1	6-5-3
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Team Stat Comparison
50	Goals	70
52	Goals Against	59
10	Power Play Goals	19
15	Power Play Goals Allowed	14
2	Shorthanded Goals	4
2	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	0
324	Penalty Minutes	286
15	Average Penalty Minutes	14

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Chris Mason	16	6	36	2.28	0	422	.921
	Ty Conklin	6	2	12	2.24	1	155	.928
	Ondrej Pavelec	15	6	41	2.96	1	451	.917
	Johan Hedberg	8	4	17	2.70	0	198	.921

Team Stat Leaders
G	David Perron 9	Ilya Kovalchuk 13
A	Erik Johnson 13	Nik Antropov 19
PTS	Erik Johnson 15	Rich Peverley 24
PIM	B.J. Crombeen 61	Eric Boulton 37
SOG	Brad Boyes 57	Ilya Kovalchuk 51

The St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Thrashers are losing for different reasons, but they are both losing.

The Blues look to shake their offensive woes and avoid dropping a fifth straight game Sunday against a Thrashers team having little success keeping its opponents from scoring.

St. Louis (5-6-3) has been getting solid goaltending from Chris Mason, but the offense has been unable to carry its weight.

The Blues have scored two goals during a four-game skid and have lost nine of 12, recording two goals or fewer in each of the defeats. On the season, St. Louis is tied with Nashville for the fewest goals in the NHL with 31.

St. Louis wasted another stellar performance Saturday by Mason, who has lost three of his last five outings despite a 1.76 goals-against average in that span. The netminder turned aside 35 shots in a 2-1 shootout loss in Philadelphia, with T.J. Oshie scoring the lone goal for the Blues.

Although the Blues had another subpar performance, coach Andy Murray thought his team showed improvement.

"It was a 1-1 hockey game and both teams were going hard to the net," he said. "Our team battled hard and as long as you keep working like this, you get rewarded down the road. We'll find a way to get two points if we keep playing this hard."

While St. Louis has struggled to find the back of the net, Atlanta (6-6-1) is giving up goals in bunches.

The Thrashers, coming off Saturday's 6-3 loss to the New York Islanders, have allowed at least four goals in six of seven games, losing five of those contests.

Atlanta's defense didn't give goalie Ondrej Pavelec much of a chance Saturday, allowing the Islanders to fire 45 shots on goal. Pavelec stopped 31 of 36 shots before being removed for the start of the third period. It was the third time in four games he faced at least 36 shots.

"It was like we had three or four guys show up and the rest of the guys didn't," Thrashers coach John Anderson said. "That's embarrassing. We can't play like that. That's absolutely embarrassing."

Getting things turned around at Philips Arena might not be easy for Atlanta.

The Thrashers, who play five of their next six at home, have lost four straight there since defeating Tampa Bay 6-3 in their Oct. 3 home opener.

Zach Bogosian, Pavel Kubina, and Christoph Schubert scored Saturday for the Thrashers, who played their fifth straight game without leading scorer Ilya Kovalchuk -- expected to miss another two weeks with a broken bone in his right foot.

Kovalchuk had two scores in a 4-2 win at St. Louis on Oct. 8. Pavelec stopped 29 shots in that game while Mason made 18 saves for the Blues.

Atlanta backup Johan Hedberg, who made eight saves on nine chances Saturday, is 4-2-0 with a 1.98 GAA and one shutout in six career starts against the Blues, but hasn't faced them since 2005, while playing for Dallas.