Yeo bobbed and weaved throughout the series about personal satisfaction bringing a St. Louis team that was left for dead when he relieved the fired Ken Hitchcock on February 1 back to Minnesota for a playoff reckoning. But, he added, "just not good enough". After adjusting for score and venue, the Wild have out-attempted the Blues by 23, eight, 25 and 16 in the four games this series at 5-on-5, good for an average of 18 extra shot attempts per game.
The Wild should be seeing red after being out-Yeo'd during a series they dominated in puck possession, shots and scoring chances only to lose twice in overtime and all three games at home.
Allen is second in both categories with a 1.17 GAA and.966 save percentage.
The difference so far has been the power play, where the Capitals are 5 for 15 and the Maple Leafs are 3 for 17.
So ends a storybook season for the Wild that featured the most points in franchise history (106) in Year 1 of the Bruce Boudreau era. I'm betting he will be in the lineup but I wouldn't completely surprise me if he doesn't play. "That's the way they play and that's how they had their success all year". The Rangers have won the past two games by 2-1 and 3-2 (overtime) scorelines, and they are 11-10 ahead in overall scoring in this series. Under other circumstances, 24 shots on goal in five playoff games would seem to be a herculean effort. We don't win, we go home. "He's pretty level headed and we definitely need that".
Yet again, the Wild had a significant puck possession advantage over the Blues.
Allen's second mistake occurred when he allowed a hard wrist shot from Wild forward Martin Hanzal to beat him blocker-side.
The way this series has gone, it appears they will complete the comeback only if Dubnyk outplays his counterpart. "He has to be our best player".
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Shortly after the Stastny goal, it looked like Niederreiter got a lucky bounce when he crashed the crease.
Grit, confidence, presence - these are traits Minnesota's professional hockey team hasn't owned since it was the North Stars, or at least since Jacques Lemaire's neutral zone trap briefly got into the heads of the Avalanche and Canucks.
And yet it doesn't matter one bit. He exuded an incredible amount of patience on the play as he froze Allen, then moved wide to find the back of the net. Wild equipment manager Tony DaCosta gave him a warm embrace and told Yeo to say hello to his wife, Tanya.
That's a good reason why coach Bruce Boudreau, whose long-ago, short-lived National Hockey League career was unfulfilling because he lacked the drive to match his ability, has been as demanding of Coyle as anyone else on his roster.
But in the postseason, that unit yielded ample shots and few goals.
Blues are 4-1 in their last 5 Conference Quarterfinals games. It'll just be another item on the list of playoff choke-jobs for Boudreau, an unfair rep he's gained from big expectations and bad luck. "Still, all of a sudden one of them could break out and get four (goals) tomorrow, so it's not a sitting there and patting ourselves on the on the back type of thing".
Mike Yeo's victory tour through Xcel Energy Center on Saturday started with a little girl in a Blues jersey behind the St. Louis bench who knuckle-bumped him while his players celebrated the overtime goal that daggered his former employer. Allen probably can't keep this up forever.
Aside from Dubnyk, veteran Alex Stalock is now the other goaltender on the roster after signing a two-year contract extension a couple months ago. That's how we got up 3-0 in the series and realistically that's what we need to do if we want to close it here.
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