Even if removing Elliott was more of a kick in the butt to his team than a condemnation of his goalie, the move paid off with an enormous push-back by the Blues in the final 40 minutes, when they overwhelmed the Stars with a relentless forecheck-and-cycle game. It doesn’t matter how, but they need to find a way to win, some way, any way. 20 seconds later Vernon Fiddles had a goal, amd at the 16:49 mark of the same period Jason Spezza had a power play goal and that’s all the Stars needed to win game 6 to force a game 7 Wednesday night.
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Blues: Patrik Berglund floated a harmless shot on a net from distance that somehow slipped past Lehtonen with 4.5 seconds remaining in the first period. Less than 8 minutes into the third period, Alexander Steen cut the lead to 2, scoring on a rebound of a Robert Bortuzzo shot.
Hi everybody the Dallas stars forced a game 7 on Monday night.
They did it with just 14 shots, compared to the Blues’ 37, and played in yet another game where they scored all of their goals in the first period, before slowly letting the opponent back into the game. John Klingberg and Alex Goligoski should see those minutes.
Yet, out of all of this, we will get two Games 7 in the Western Conference. Now, it’s time for the first half of the Western Conference to be decided.
Lehtonen made 35 saves to bring the series home to Dallas for Game 7 with a 3-2 victory over St. Louis on Monday night.
In two out of the past three years, both Sharp and Oduya have played and won critical win or go home games. Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester fell down seconds before Spezza’s first of the series and fifth of the playoffs.
“Jeff (Reese, goaltending coach) helped him make some adjustments to his game”. They’ll take the lead and then immediately go into “prevent” mode in an attempt to simply seal the game with defense.
“Because that noise you hear in the building is for you”, Stars coach Lindy Ruff said Tuesday, following an optional skate at the club’s Frisco, Texas, training facility. He’s done that for us for 13 games now and hopefully it’ll be 14. The inconsistency makes it tough to rely on the Stars, but the Blues’ rocky playoff history makes for an intriguing Game 7.
Letting up is the last thing you want to do in an elimination game and it could’ve cost them in Game 6. This break offers them a chance to refocus.
Elliott continued that hot play in the first round of the playoffs against Chicago and continues to play solid in this series. “He’s been unbelievable. We can stand here all day and talk about how great he’s been down the stretch and in the playoffs”. Tarasenko has not scored in three road games this series. This decision may not bode well for Allen’s future with the team, but right now, the focus should be firmly on Game 7 and trying to advance.
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As physical as the Blues are, a game without a lot of penalties would favor the Stars. It was a close 2-1 win in which the crowd energy sparked the team to dig in and finish the job.
