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Superfan Anderson, 11, part of Blues' celebration

BOSTON - Laila Anderson might be only 11 years old, but she swears she has a gift: She can always call who is going to score the first goal for her beloved St. Louis Blues.

Before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, Anderson told her mother it was going to be Ryan O'Reilly.

"My mom was like, 'It's not going to happen,'" Anderson said. That got the 11-year-old extra fired up.

"I said, 'there's two things you just said wrong,'" Anderson recalled. "First, you don't doubt ROR. And you don't doubt me.