Blues coach Mike Yeo needs only a few words to describe his conversations with St. Louis goalie Jake Allen the past few days.
"He's been unbelievable, a big reason why we got these three wins, and it gives us a lot of confidence", Schwartz said of Allen. "We've got to come to work tomorrow, try to get better and make sure we come out with same excitement we have in the first three games, and just try to sustain it for 60 minutes". That, however, might go down as the only 5 on 5 goal of the series for the Wild, who were the best 5 on 5 team in the National Hockey League throughout the regular season.
Alexander Steen scored an empty-net goal for the Blues in the third-period.
"We have to be better", veteran defenseman Ryan Suter said. We were friggin' good tonight, and we didn't get the breaks.
Fleury, forced into action for the injured Matt Murray, had 33 saves in another wild and hard-hitting matchup between the Metropolitan Division rivals.
The Minnesota Wild entered game three of their first round series licking their wounds after two straight 2-1 losses to the St. Louis Blues, in which the Wild out shot them a combined 76-48.
"I think a mental health day (was in order)". They pushed really hard and put us on our heels a bit and we grinded and we got it done. He scored with 2:27 left in the third period of Game 2 to give St. Louis the 2-1 win.
Colton Parayko gave the Blues the early lead just 3:25 into the opening period as he beat goalie Devan Dubnyk with a wrist shot after a ideal set up by Patrik Berglund. "If we can find a way to score a goal, I think it's a different game. we have chances, but obviously chances aren't good enough".
St. Louis outshot Minnesota 15-9 in the first period, but couldn't build on its early lead. Vladimir Tarasenko and Steen both hit the post. Minnesota tied it with a goal from Coyle with 7:01 left in the second.
Four teams have rallied to win their series of the 184 who have fallen behind 3-0.
Yes, it's mathematically possible as we have seen teams rally from 3-0 down twice in the last eight years to win a seven game series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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It was Sissons' first point since he scored two goals against San Jose on March 25. Sergei Bobrovsky had 42 saves.
Yes, there is a goal or two where you can make the argument that Dubnyk should have made the save. Charlie Coyle tied the game at 1 for the Wild in the second-period.
Let's start by crediting Columbus for putting forth its best performance of the series Sunday, jumping out to a 3-1 lead in a matter of minutes and then rebounding from a late Pittsburgh scoring streak with a clutch goal of its own.
Mikael Backlund scored a short-handed goal and Sean Monahan had a power-play goal for the Flames.
Radulov, who got the overtime victor in Game 2 on Friday night after Tomas Plekanec tied it with 18 seconds left in regulation, has 2 goals and 3 assists in the past 2 games.
Brady Skjei spoiled Price's shutout bid with 2:56 remaining for his first career playoff goal.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, coming off a playoff career-high 54 saves in Game 2, stopped 26 shots in this one. He was drilled into the boards during Friday night's game.
Minnesota put 19 shots on goal in the third period, but couldn't beat Allen.
Since replacing Ken Hitchcock on February 1, Yeo is 4-0 against the Wild - and the Blues are 18-2-2 overall - on the strength of a simple plan: clog play and limit Grad-A chances by keeping skaters out of the slot.
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