RALEIGH, N.C. | After another win on the road Wednesday, St. Louis coach Andy Murray’s reflections probably won’t get the home folks fired up about buying Blues tickets. “The bottom line is: We just haven’t been very good at home,” Murray said after the Blues improved to 3-1-1 on the road with a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. “All the arenas are all new and all generic. You don’t have a lot of differences. So, to me, there isn’t a real home advantage for a lot of the teams.” That undoubtedly was the case at the RBC Center, where the Blues came out strong, taking a 3-0 lead, and then relied on goalie Chris Mason to extend Carolina’s winless streak to seven games. David Perron had two goals. Yan Stastny and Jay McClement scored 16 seconds apart.Mason made 34 saves for the Blues, who won despite allowing Carolina eight power-play chances. Perron said the Blues, 5-4-1, haven’t done anything special to excel away from St. Louis. “I think it’s just working harder than the other team,” Perron said. “Even though we got outshot, the two points is what we needed to get. We just have to keep playing like that.”<hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> OTHER GAMES •Phoenix 4, at Columbus 1 •Buffalo 4, at New Jersey 1 •At N.Y. Islanders 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 •At Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 1 •Ottawa 4, at Florida 3 •At Dallas 4, Toronto 3, OT •Nashville 4, at Minnesota 3 •Colorado 3, at Calgary 2 •Los Angeles at San Jose, late HIGHLIGHTS •The Stars’ James Neal knocked in a rebound with 2:03 left in overtime — his first career overtime goal.•Sidney Crosby had his third career hat trick for the Penguins.•Ryan Miller made 31 saves to help the Sabres improve to 4-0 on the road.•The Avalanche’s Wojtek Wolski scored his team-leading eighth goal and broke a 2-2 tie.•Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo will miss at least two games with a fractured rib.</div>

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Blues keep up their road mastery, beat Carolina 5-2

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RALEIGH, N.C. | After another win on the road Wednesday, St. Louis coach Andy Murray’s reflections probably won’t get the home folks fired up about buying Blues tickets.

“The bottom line is: We just haven’t been very good at home,” Murray said after the Blues improved to 3-1-1 on the road with a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. “All the arenas are all new and all generic. You don’t have a lot of differences. So, to me, there isn’t a real home advantage for a lot of the teams.”

That undoubtedly was the case at the RBC Center, where the Blues came out strong, taking a 3-0 lead, and then relied on goalie Chris Mason to extend Carolina’s winless streak to seven games.

David Perron had two goals. Yan Stastny and Jay McClement scored 16 seconds apart.

Mason made 34 saves for the Blues, who won despite allowing Carolina eight power-play chances.

Perron said the Blues, 5-4-1, haven’t done anything special to excel away from St. Louis.

“I think it’s just working harder than the other team,” Perron said. “Even though we got outshot, the two points is what we needed to get. We just have to keep playing like that.”

OTHER GAMES
•Phoenix 4, at Columbus 1

•Buffalo 4, at New Jersey 1

•At N.Y. Islanders 3, N.Y. Rangers 1

•At Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 1

•Ottawa 4, at Florida 3

•At Dallas 4, Toronto 3, OT

•Nashville 4, at Minnesota 3

•Colorado 3, at Calgary 2

•Los Angeles at San Jose, late

HIGHLIGHTS
•The Stars’ James Neal knocked in a rebound with 2:03 left in overtime — his first career overtime goal.

•Sidney Crosby had his third career hat trick for the Penguins.

•Ryan Miller made 31 saves to help the Sabres improve to 4-0 on the road.

•The Avalanche’s Wojtek Wolski scored his team-leading eighth goal and broke a 2-2 tie.

•Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo will miss at least two games with a fractured rib.

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