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ST. Hydro Flask Cyber Monday Sale . LOUIS -- The matchup between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues will be one of the highlights of the NHL season on Jan. 2, when the two teams meet outdoors in the Winter Classic at Busch Stadium.Coach Ken Hitchcock and the Blues have not even begun to think about that game, however. They have another game with the visiting Blackhawks first, coming up on Saturday night.Chicago comes into the game off a 5-4 win over the Islanders on Thursday night in New York, improving to 4-0-1 in its last five games. One of the keys to the win was a revived power play, which produced three goals. That was one more goal than the Blackhawks had scored on the power-play in their previous games this month.That power-play will be put to the test against St. Louis, which beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday night to improve its home record to 11-0-3 in the last 14 games.The Blues killed off two power play chances for the Devils, and have now killed off 19 of opponents last 20 chances with a man advantage. They own the second-best penalty kill percentage in the league.For the season, St. Louis allowed only five power-play goals in 62 chances in their 18 home games.Thats just one of the reasons behind the success at Scottrade Center, where Jake Allen -- expected to start in goal for the seventh consecutive game -- is 11-0-2 this season.Key to Thursday nights win, in addition to one goal and two assists from a red-hot Vladimir Tarasenko, was goals from three forwards who have been struggling to score this season.Jori Lehtera scored his fourth goal in 26 games, Patrik Berglund his second in 31 games (into an empty net) and Nail Yakupov his third in 19 games.Getting more contributions from those players would increase the Blues chances of continuing to play so well at home.It seems at home weve got some good chemistry going, said defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, who also scored against the Devils. We rotated pretty much everybody tonight, and everybody had good legs.Added Tarasenko, I feel like we feel more confident here. So now we have a job to do to -- figure out why our road record (4-9-1) is not really good. I feel pretty good about our team this year and we still have a lot of time. We believe in our work, we believe in our coaching staff and try to stay as close as we can together to try and win games like this.The Blackhawks will be without starting goalie Corey Crawford, who has been out since undergoing an appendectomy on Dec. 3. He skated on Thursday for the first time since the surgery but there is still no timetable for his return.Center Jonathan Toews did return to the lineup this week after a back injury forced him to miss nine games. Swell Black Friday Sale . 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LIVERPOOL, England -- Ashley Williams scored an 86th-minute winner as Everton came from behind to beat title-chasing Arsenal 2-1 at Goodison Park on Tuesday.Arsenals title credentials took a hit with sloppy defending at the end of both halves, with right back Seamus Coleman heading home unmarked for the equalizer in the 44th minute and center back Williams rising highest at a corner to glance in the winner.Alexis Sanchez scored from a deflected free kick to put Arsenal ahead in the 20th minute and move level with Chelsea striker Diego Costa as the top scorer in the league this season with 12 goals.Arsenal would have climbed above Chelsea into first place with a win but lacked dynamism in the final third and missed the presence of injured center back Shkodran Mustafi. They slipped to a first league loss since the opening weekend of the season.Everton ended the match with 10 men when Phil Jagielka was sent off in the third minute of injury time after picking up a second yellow card and in a frantic finish, Arsenal had two goal-bound shots cleared from near the line.Arsenal has won more matches against Everton than any other opponent in Premier League history, and a 30th victory since the leagues inception in 1992 looked on when a litany of errors contributed to Sanchezs openner. Hydro Flask Cyber Monday. Everton conceded a free kick on the edge of the area after Enner Valencia and then Williams failed to clear the ball, with Williams taking out teammate Idrissa Gueye as part of the defensive shambles.Things didnt get any better for Williams, who ended up deflecting Sanchezs low free kick to wrong-foot Maarten Stekelenburg and the all looped over the line off the legs of the goalkeeper.With striker Romelu Lukaku isolated, Ross Barkleys passing awry and the defense jittery, Everton seemed there for the taking but Arsenal conceded a soft goal just before halftime.Baines was given lots of time and space to size up a cross from the left wing, and his right-foot delivery found Coleman unmarked near the penalty spot to glance a header into the far corner.Arsenal had more of the ball in the second half but the visitors build-up play was slow and they lacked a cutting edge, leading manager Arsene Wenger to bring on attackers Alex Iwobi and Olivier Giroud for the final 20 minutes and therefore moving Sanchez out wide.In the end, it was a defender who decided the game as Williams made amends for his earlier mistake with the powerful header. 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