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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Norways Suzann Pettersen birdied her last three holes in a 6-under 66 on Thursday to lead the womens Australian Open by a shot after the first round at the Victoria Golf Club. Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. Shes in position to take the No. 1 spot in the world from Inbee Park with a victory or a solo second-place finish. "In the first round of the year youre always anxious to get started," Pettersen said. "It took me a while to get really comfortable, to trust what Ive been working on. "In the end the trust was stronger than the rest. I hit a lot of great shots but I also have to say I left a lot of shots out there. I three-putted a lot of greens, stupid three-putts really, but I also felt like I played good and gave myself a lot of birdie chances." Ricordeau, who had eight birdies, a bogey and a double bogey, briefly drew level with Pettersen before finishing among a group of four players with rounds of 67. Tied in second place were Park Hee-young of South Korea and Americans Jaclyn Sweeney and Jessica Korda, daughter of former tennis star Petr Korda and already a tournament winner this year. World No. 4 Lydia Ko of New Zealand was among a larger group at 4-under after a mixed opening round. The 16-year-old was one-under after her opening nine but came home with five birdies and two bogeys, including birdies at her last two holes. Australias Karrie Webb, a record four-time winner of the event, opened with a 71. The Hall of Famer had another brush with rules officials after being disqualified last week at Royal Pines for signing an incorrect scorecard after the second round. 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Petr Mrazek made 25 saves and improved to 3-0 in four career appearances against St. Louis.Joakim Andersson and Tomas Tatar scored in a 60-second span in the second period to give the Red Wings a 2-0 lead.David Backes and Alexander Steen tallied third-period goals for St. Louis, which had a five-game winning streak snapped. Steen scored with 48 seconds left in regulation to tie it 2-2.Detroit is 1-7 in shootouts. The Blues are 4-2.Zetterberg provided a perfect screen on the winning goal, parking himself in front of goalie Brian Elliott. Datsyuks drive deflected in off Elliotts blocker.I heard the bench say five seconds, and I just shot as quick as possible, Datsyuk said.It was the fourth winning tally of the season for Datsyuk and his 15th of the season.I didnt see it, Elliott said. It just snuck in there.Andersson scored his first goal of the season with 1:56 left off a scramble in front of the net. Tatar tallied his team-high 18th by picking up the rebound of a shot by Jonathan Ericsson.Backes cuut the deficit in half with a power-play goal early in the third period.ddddddddddddMrazek, filling in for Jimmy Howard, who is out two-to-four weeks with a groin injury, made several fine saves down the stretch and improved to 7-3-1.The guys cleared a lot of rebounds for me, Mrazek said. This is big. Youre always happy when you have a win like this.Elliott, who fell to 11-6-1, made 21 saves.The Red Wings have won their last three games in St. Louis by a combined score of 11-3.I felt Detroit was a step quicker than us, Steen said. And it cost us the game.St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock agreed.I thought the scoring chances were even, he said. I thought they made it really hard on us. Thats the best somebody has played against us in this building in a long time.NOTES: The Blues granted G Martin Brodeur a one-week leave of absence on Wednesday. The 42-year-old Brodeur, who signed with St. Louis on Dec. 2, went 3-3 with a 2.87 goals against average. ... The Blues have played the Red Wings 276 times, second-most of any opponent in franchise history behind Chicago (293). Detroit, which entered the game averaging 30.6 shots per game, managed just three through the first 31:42. ... Jincy Dunne, who scored the winning goal in overtime to lead the United States Womens U-18 team to a 3-2 win over Canada in the goal medal game Monday in Buffalo, dropped the first puck. She is from the St. Louis suburb of OFallon, Missouri. ' ' '