With 2:27 left in a tight game, Schwartz zipped a rising shot through traffic into the upper right corner of the net. "We need to play better defense and play on the same page". "We relied on him a bit too much". "They're going to do everything they can to bring it back to Minnesota". He has been the best player on either team thus far in the series.
And for those with faulty memories, Magnus Paajarvi got the game victor (on a nifty pass from Nail Yakupov, who earlier scored his first goal as a Blue in that game) in St. Louis on October 13 in a 3-2 victory over Minnesota.
"We're real happy we got both wins in here", he said, "but I know that's not a team that's gonna quit". "They're not gonna go away". Guys are working, guys are caring, everybody's working as hard as they possibly can and we've just got to start with one-on-ones.
Wild assistant captain, Zach Parise tied the game for the second time this series with a goal later in the second. On that play, there's no way Spurgeon meant to put the puck where he did, but why not fire a low shot into Allen's right pad and look for a rebound into the middle of the ice? The catch is this: while the Wild have dominated the possession game by a wide margin, the Blues have done a phenomenal job of preventing high-danger scoring chances. However, it took two more strong kills by the PK to preserve the lead, including one early in the third period. "I think we're seeing that right now".
- They have yet to score a power play goal. Sure, the Blues were no lock to reach the postseason at that time-replacing the production of some key players that departed through free agency wouldn't be easy-but it was certainly conceivable that St. Louis would be a playoff team.
"Well, we might change a couple things".
It was Minnesota's first goal scored by someone other than Parise - who had one in game and another in Game 2 - and it was the team's first 5-on-5 goal in the series. "We're just not putting them in when we're getting the opportunity, and obviously they're scoring at the right time".
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Coyle's tally was the first 5-on-5 goal scored by Minnesota in the series. The Blues found a way to bounce back from the moment to keep the Wild off the board in overtime long enough to strike for the win.
"We needed Jake to be great again tonight", Blues coach Mike Yeo said.
Edmonton center Connor McDavid, the NHL's leading scorer in the regular season with 100 points, had one assist in his playoff debut to extend his points streak to 15 games. Coyle scored off a rebound of a shot from Zach Parise, giving the Wild their first even-strength goal of the series and Parise his third point in three games. "He's got a hell of a shot. Quit trying to put words in our mouths that make us look like we're bad because we're not". Because of the break in the schedule before game four, the Wild returned to Minnesota after the game.
Minnesota tied it with a goal from Coyle with 7:01 left in the second period.
St. Louis Blues' Patrik Berglund of Sweden topples over the fallen Magnus Paajarvi of Sweden after Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, top, stopped a shot by Paajarvi during the first period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey first-round p.
NOTES: Four Minnesotans - Hannah Brandt, Kelly Pannek, Lee Stecklein and Maddy Rooney - who were members of the gold medal-winning American team at last week's Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in MI were introduced to a standing ovation before the game.
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