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(AP) --  Aaron Volpatti scored his first career goal and
Ryan Kesler had his fourth in three games as the surging Vancouver
Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Monday night. 

Jeff Tambellini scored a late power-play goal, Mikael Samuelsson
had two assists and Roberto Luongo stopped 15 shots to earn his
13th career victory against the Blues in 22 games. Vancouver
improved to 9-1-1 in its last 11 games. 

Alex Steen scored for the Blues, his third goal in two games
this season against the Canucks. St. Louis has one win in its last
five games.

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