Blues’ King nets 1st goal vs. Coyotes

Published Wednesday, April 4, 2007

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Celebrations have been few and far between for the St. Louis Blues this season. D.J. King’s goal last night was one of those moments.

King scored his first career goal and Doug Weight added a goal and an assist to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-2.

"I’ve been getting some good bounces right now," said King, an enforcer who was scoreless in his first 24 games before recording an assist Monday in Dallas. "I was just going to the net, and I got a good bounce."

The Blues’ bench came alive when King scored, a move not appreciated by Coyotes goalie Curtis Joseph, who was talking to some Blues players as they left the ice.

"I know Curtis Joseph and the quality-type guy he is. He probably didn’t like our guys celebrating like that after the fifth goal," Blues Coach Andy Murray said. "But I don’t think he realized it was his first career goal."

Petr Cajanek also had a goal and an assist and Radek Dvorak and Barret Jackman also scored for the Blues, who have won three of their past four games.

"It’s a good feeling in here," Weight said. "We have a lot of belief and confidence in our lineup, and it’s showing."

Daniel Carcillo and Jeremy Roenick scored for the Coyotes, who have lost 13 of their past 15 games.

"The effort was not very good - very average," Coyotes Coach Wayne Gretzky said. "You have to play every shift until the very end. It is hard to play now. We understand that. But you have to play hard every night. You get paid until the end of the season, and we have to be professional about it."

Joseph, making his seventh start in nine games in pursuit of Terry Sawchuk on the career wins list, stopped 17 of 22 shots over the first two periods before he was replaced by Mikael Tellqvist at the start of the third.