Allen took the loot in Game 1, and the Blues were sheepishly counting it the day after.
The Wild entered their fifth straight Stanley Cup playoffs coming off their best regular season ever, setting new franchise records for wins and total points. The mindset going into Game 4 should be let's try to get one more game back home.
Fresh off the best regular season in franchise history and armed a deep forward unit that deposited more pucks into the net than all but one National Hockey League team, the Wild coach didn't expect to be staring down an 0-3 deficit in a seven-game, first-round playoff series against the St. Louis Blues.
"I say, 'Hi, good morning and good job, '" Yeo said.
But the Penguins regained their composure and pushed back hard during the second period to tie the score at 3-3.
Minnesota put 19 shots on goal in the third period, but couldn't score.
"I thought they played a good game", Parise said. St. Louis has won three of five meetings with the Wild this season, including two games in Minnesota. "We just can't seem to get a break at the other end, but we know that we are more than capable of creating goals and, you know, we've created offense and we've just got to keep doing that".
"I don't think you can get frustrated", Minnesota center Eric Staal told reporters. We're sitting there talking about changes and there are not a lot of changes on the ice that we can do.
Mike Yeo has the Blues playing exactly as the defense-addicted coach desires.
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"In reality, no one expects us, except the group that we have, to win", Boudreau said.
And now the Blues, outshot 117-79 in the series, are on the cusp of their first series sweep since 2001.
One key to Allen's resurgence as one of the top goalies in the Western Conference has been his off-day work with legendary goalie Martin Brodeur, now part of the Blues staff. Minnesota had four players with at least 20 goals this season. "I don't know. If I had the answer to that, we'd probably finish".
"Fifty-something saves is pretty remarkable", said Blues defenseman Joel Edmondson, who notched the overtime victor on Wednesday. "He's got a hell of a shot". "We relied on him a bit too much". The first is to get more bodies and pucks going towards the net. Jaden Schwartz scored a power-play goal for St. Louis in the second-period. That was a big power-play goal for us. Vladimir Sobotka found the net in the second period and then Joel Edmundson got the game-winner just 2:12 into overtime.
The most concerning moment for Minnesota came in the final seconds of the period when left winger Erik Haula was cross-checked by Blues left winger Scottie Upshall and went headfirst into the side boards.
Atkinson got his second goal at 5:02 of the first when he picked Sidney Crosby's pocket at the right circle and beat Fleury with a backhand.
White played right wing on the third line alongside Martin Hanzal and opposite Nino Niederreiter, while Prosser paired with Jonas Brodin.
Not unraveling in a tough atmosphere, the young Maple Leafs showed they belonged on the same ice with the Capitals after losing Game 1 in OT. Blues rookie RW Zach Sanford made his postseason debut, with Jori Lehtera scratched and Steen centering the third line. The goal came with the Wild on a 5 on 3 power-play. Sanford was in the lineup after the Blues scratched C Jori Lehtera. Allen still made 40 saves to carry the Blues to another win, with goals at a premium on the playoff stage.
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