"It's short-term goals", Boudreau said. Despite those sizable gains, Minnesota hasn't been able to finish the deal in the most important statistical category: on the scoreboard.
"It's been the same", Allen said of the three games. Their defense is protecting pretty well. "We got two wins, you're definitely happy about that, but we need a little bit better effort and I think we're going to get it".
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The puck fluttered into the corner, the golden opportunity had vanished, and the scoreless game continued. "Just trying to explain to them that it's not as dire as they think".
"I say, 'Hi, good morning and good job, '" Yeo said. But when you are only giving up two goals in each game played, it's hard to fault the goaltender for the team's struggles. Because of the break in the schedule before Game 4, the Wild returned to Minnesota after the game.
That was reflected in the dressing room, where players chalked a lot of the game up to the excellence of Blues goaltender Jake Allen, who finished with 51 saves.
Yeo, as he takes his team back to St. Louis for two games on home ice, has a singular perspective about his situation and his opponent. In the meantime, the Blues' big defensemen have gone to work clearing the area around the crease, allowing Allen open views of almost every shot.
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"They might be good-luck charms; I guess we'll see in Game 3", Edmundson said.
Again, and I can't stress this enough, the Wild is playing exactly the game that it would have wanted to play coming into this series, and it is getting the goaltending that it would have expected.
Instead, they approached the game with poise and waited for their scoring chances. They controlled the puck more than twice as often as the Blues between both third periods. Meanwhile, even though the Blues were one of the hottest teams in the National Hockey League down the stretch, they entered the postseason as the long shot to win the Stanley Cup, at least according to Bovada. He was drilled into the boards during Friday night's game. "But it's an unbelievable thing, this momentum thing. Things can change so fast in any series". The heady veteran is an impact player, as he's constantly used on the man advantage and even secured five game-winning goals during the regular season.
"It seems like right now we're playing a little bit tight", forward Marian Hossa said. We execute on some of those chances and it's a different story.
So excuse the Wild if they aren't ready to hammer the panic button despite the fact they must dig themselves out of yet another 2-0 hole heading into Game 3 against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon at Scottrade Center. Those things happen when you allow only two goals on 76 shots.
"I think a flawless example would have been where (Jason) Zucker came out of the penalty box two games ago and over-skated it, then passed it to (Eric) Staal, and Staal panicked and threw it across". They have to win two more games to win the series. A practice at Xcel Energy Center precedes a flight back to St. Louis prior to a late puck drop on Wednesday. Still, the Wild know what's at stake on Friday. if you let an underdog stick around for too long, they start to believe.
How will Boudreau manage his own mental health? I don't want to mess anything up. (It was) Game 1 and 2 that we were supposed to win.
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