Wild vs. Blues 2017 live stream

Undoubtedly, the stand-out performance of the series came from Blues netminder Jake Allen.

St. Louis Blues' Jaden Schwartz (17) is swarmed by his teammates after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild during the third period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series Friday, April 14, 2017, in St. Paul, Minn.

"We're real happy we got both wins in here", he said, "but I know that's not a team that's gonna quit".

"We had to stay with it", Crosby said. "He's making some big, timely saves, which gives us a lot of momentum". Including these first three playoff games Allen now owns a.943 save percentage in his 28 appearances since February 1.

At 5:21, Rust got his second goal of the series when he tipped Brian Dumoulin's shot through Bobrovsky's pads. But Allen was up to the challenge, and he did what he could to keep the Blues' one goal lead until Steen scored an empty-net goal at 18:49 of the third to make it 3-1. "But that's fine: we got back on the horse". A huge two wins for us, but we haven't seen our best.

Minnesota's Game 2 loss on Friday night was... pretty much the exact same thing as Game 1, but the events played out on a slightly different timeline. "But I think we know that we have to be better". You know what we're trying to do things, trying to find holes to get there.

The Blues played the flawless postseason road game for 59 minutes, 37 seconds until the levee finally broke when Zach Parise buried the tying goal with 22.7 ticks remaining in the third period off a deft set-up by Mikko Koivu.

Parayko gave the Blues a 1-0 lead 3 minutes, 25 into the first period; he joined a rush after Berglund blew through the Wild from his blue line into the neutral zone.

The Wild, one of the tougher home teams in the National Hockey League, now have a 13-17 all-time record at Xcel Energy Center in the playoffs, including a 4-5 mark in overtime games.

"Schwartzy always plays hard", Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko said.

Minnesota tied it with a goal from Coyle with 7:01 left in the second period. But if the Blues are planning on winning more games against the Minnesota Wild, they'll need to do it without breaking Allen's back. On perhaps the easiest of his chances, a rebound that produced an open net, he scored his 15th goal of the season in a 4-2 win over the Avs.

The Wild lost game three to St. Louis 3-1 and now are facing the reality of getting swept. You go to bed thinking about it, you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it and you get up in the morning thinking about it and how you can correct it.

The Predators are singing a sweet tune on their way home to Music City, threatening to play the Chicago Blackhawks right out of the postseason. Zach Parise leads Minnesota with two goals, Ryan Suter has two assists and Charlie Coyle has nine shots on goal. "You've got to win four and it's a long series".

Game 4 is Tuesday night.

"I felt like we had a lot of looks, a lot of opportunities out front that seemed to be bouncing his way last night", Staal said. "I don't think we're satisfied with the way we're playing yet. Not too many positives come out of tonight's game".

All things considered, if only one of the two 0-3 teams get swept out of the playoffs, the Blue Jackets nearly seem more destined for an early exit since. It has dropped six in a row dating to the end of the regular season. "That's the only thing we can do right now".

"It's disappointing. We played well both games".

Game 3 is on Sunday.

But this one was all Nashville, right from the start.

After Richard Panik had a shot go off a post in the opening minute, the Predators began to take over.

The Predators added two more in the second. That included a 2-1 victory March 5 at Xcel Energy Center. "It's really, really great feelings right now in the locker room. and I enjoy my time right now".