Rookie leads Blues past Red Wings

Rookie David Perron scored twice in St. Louis’ four-goal second period and the Blues rallied from two down to beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 Tuesday night in St. Louis.

Thrashers 3, Panthers 2 (OT): At Atlanta, Ilya Kovalchuk scored in the first minute of overtime, 27 seconds after teammate Marian Hossa forced the extra period with a power-play goal, as the Thrashers nipped Florida.

Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT): At Toronto, defenseman Mike Komisarek scored 35 seconds into overtime to lift Montreal over the Maple Leafs.

Flames 3, Wild 2: At Calgary, Alberta, Kristian Huselius scored with 53 seconds remaining to lift Calgary over Minnesota.

Ducks 4, Kings 3 (SO): At Anaheim, Calif., Andy McDonald scored the clinching goal in a shootout for the second straight game and Anaheim beat Los Angeles.

Around the league

Brett Hull and Les Jackson were both made interim co-general managers of the Dallas Stars after the team fired Doug Armstrong, who was let go after a disappointing 7-7 start following a third straight exit in the first round of the playoffs. … Maxim Kondratiev refused assignment to the Ducks’ AHL affiliate and was suspended by the minor league team. … Sean Avery of the Rangers denied making cancer-related comments to ill Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake before a pregame altercation between the clubs last weekend. … The Penguins’ new arena is expected to seat 18,500, or nearly 2,000 more than Mellon Arena now holds for hockey. … The NHL fined Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky $10,000 and suspended Phoenix defenseman Nick Boynton for a game as a result of an altercation in Monday night’s 5-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks.