Dallas broke out of the zone with Patrick Sharp finding the man of the moment, Cody Eakin, who lasered a pinpoint wrister over Elliott’s shoulder and ended the game at 02:58 and sending the series back to Texas at 2-2. “We’ve got to go home and try to win a game”.
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Game after game, the goalie has been handled the pressure.
It was reminiscent of his Game 7 overtime victor in the first round against Chicago, when Brouwer basically sliced, diced and julienned the puck before finally managing to get it over the red line – a goal, Brouwer said, he would have quit hockey if he had missed.
Lehtonen stopped 18 of 21 shots in a losing effort for Dallas. Regardless, the eye test says the Blues were just sloppy with the puck. Just get a break and come out strong. They want three-on-twos and two-on-ones, and if they get to 35 shots they’ll likely walk away happy. Elliott made some key stops in game five that gave the Blues the slight advantage. It was an understated account of a season-saving goal.
“Now we’ve got a whole new series”, Benn said. “He’s flexible, he sees the ice well and he’s very underrated playing the puck”.
If Game 7 of the opening round against the Blackhawks was any indication – and it was – Scottrade Center should be raucous for Game 6.
The Blues battled back to tie it 2-2, but Dallas managed to pull out an overtime victory on a pinpoint shot by Cody Eakin in overtime.
They had suffered a rare blowout loss in the playoffs, they complained about a blown kiss from Blues enforcer Ryan Reaves and were dealing with a goaltending quagmire since neither Kari Lehtonen or Antti Niemi had seemingly found a way to lock down the starter’s job.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – In short order, the Dallas Stars went from embarrassed to triumphant. The Blues will look to play spoiler. That’s becoming more and more important for them since they’ve shown signs of fatigue against the Stars.
“We were embarrassed”, Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. They don’t have to be tight because it’s not a must-win game for them.
Hitchcock told the media on Friday that he might make some lineup changes for Saturday’s game but declined to elaborate.
“When we get away from our building, I think we play a simple game”, Brouwer said. “I don’t rest on keeping every routine the same”.
After an eighth flight between Tennessee and California and about 15,000 miles of travel this postseason, the Predators find themselves in familiar territory.
Jaskin gave the Blues a 2-1 lead with his first goal of the playoffs at 10:34 of the second period. “We’re excited to be going home. It usually brings out the best in people”.
The Stars were able to come back from the rough start on a pair of mistakes by the Blues early in the second period.
San Jose will look to secure a spot in its first conference final since 2011 by winning at Nashville in Game 6 on Monday night.
The Blues meanwhile are in the driver’s seat and have be excited with the prospect of advancing to the Western Conference final in front of their home fans on Monday.
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“I know it was ugly for a lot of the guys and the team in general for Game 3”, Sharp said. They believe that they are wearing the Stars down with their physical style of play, according to defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk.
