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Shootout goals from Oshie, Steen lead Blues over Wild 3-2

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    St. Louis Blues right wing T.J. Oshie (74), center, celebrates a goal on Minnesota Wild goalie Ilya Bryzgalov (30) during the first period of their NHL hockey game Sunday, March 9, 2014 in St. Paul, Minn.(AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King) (The Associated Press)

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    St. Louis Blues right wing Ryan Reaves (75) hits Minnesota Wild center Mikael Granlund (64) during the first period of their NHL hockey game Sunday, March 9, 2014 in St. Paul, Minn..(AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King) (The Associated Press)

ST. PAUL, Minn. – T.J. Oshie and Alexander Steen scored shootout goals and the St. Louis Blues took over the top spot in the NHL standings with a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.

In his first shootout since his memorable Olympic performance against Russia, Oshie beat Ilya Bryzgalov — a Russian who was not on the team that lost to Team USA in Socchi — through the five-hole in the first round. Steen sealed the win in the following round after the Blues' Brian Elliott turned away Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu.

The Wild fell behind 2-0 early, but tied it with second-period goals from Jason Pominville and Matt Moulson.

Oshie and Carlo Colaiacovo scored on the second and third shots of the game for St. Louis. It was Colaiacovo's first goal since Feb. 11, 2012, a span of 42 games.

Bryzgalov had 21 saves in his first start for Minnesota since coming over in a trade with Edmonton on Tuesday.

The momentum shifted in the second after Pominville scored at 3:11 to make it 2-1.

Matt Moulson tied it 4 minutes later with his first goal in a Wild sweater since being acquired in a trade with Buffalo on Wednesday.

Mikko Koivu intercepted a clearing attempt and zipped the puck to Moulson, who was in front of the net and knocked it past Brian Elliott.

Elliott stopped 17 shots and kept the game tied at 2 with a lunging stick save to deny Mikael Granlund with 13 minutes left in the third period.

Granlund was again denied by Elliott from in close early in the overtime session.

The Blues have won 16 in a row against the Central Division and are now 18-0-1 in division play. They've beaten Minnesota eight straight times, outscoring the Wild 25-10.

The Wild are 14-6-2 since Jan. 2, but lost their second straight after a five-game winning streak.

Both teams played Saturday night and appeared tired at the end of the third period and in overtime.

NOTES: Blues F Magnus Paajarvi was a healthy scratch and was replaced by Chris Porter, who was recently recalled from AHL Chicago. ... The Wild didn't register a shot on goal until 7:02 of the first period. St. Louis didn't get a shot for the first 12 minutes of the second period. ... Minnesota's Kyle Brodziak and the Blues' Steve Ott fought 2 minutes into the game.