David Backes, their captain, and Patrik Berglund also had goals for the Blues, who won their third road game in this series.
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St. Louis had a chance to knock Dallas out on home ice in Game 6, but fell, 3-2, to force the do-or-die game.
The Blues will open up the Western Conference Finals on Sunday evening at home.
St. Louis did more than survive a Game 7 this time. Despite a brutal place on the bracket – one in which it had to play the first and third best teams in the conference in the first two rounds – St. Louis survived a pair of seven-game series and for the first time in 15 years, will play in the Western Conference Final.
Robby Fabbri, their 20-year-old rookie center, became the youngest player in National Hockey League history to score three points in a Game 7, with a goal and two assists, and captain David Backes added a goal and an assist. “We know every time a challenge has come our way, we’ve kind of risen up to it”.
“We’re real let down”. I think he is just going through this stretches good players go through. Should they win their next series, they will advance to the Stanley Cup finals and face the victor of the Eastern Conference, which will be either the Tampa Bay Lightning or the Pittsburgh Penguins. St. Louis awaits the victor of Thursday’s Nashville Predators-San Jose Sharks Game 7 to find out their opponent in a series that’s set to begin in Sunday.
Then, Berglund gave the visitors a three-goal edge with his fourth goal of the playoffs with four seconds remaining in the first period. Tarasenko would finally get on the board officially by getting an empty net goal with under five to go.
The Stars will be playing in their 12th Game 7 and are 5-6 overall in their history. But I’ve loved our home game, and I love the energy the crowd has been giving us.
“We’ve won twice in their building already”, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. Alex Pietrangelo still has a golden opportunity to hit Kyle Brodziak for a breakaway but a combination of a good play by John Klingberg and a poor pass by Pietrangelo create a turn over and a 4 on 3 coming back the other way.
“I think they’re disappointed”, Hitchcock said. Backes ended up with two points Wednesday.
Brian Elliott was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate and will be the starting goalie for the Blues in the elimination game in Dallas. Game 7. Additionally the FBS line had three of the Blues six goals and nine of their 18 points. “I think we know what we need to do to get to our game and we can do it”. Despite the effort from the Stars offense, the early game damage was just too much too overcome.
The Blues were ahead to stay when rookie Fabbri scored on a power play 5:23 into the game with a backhander after Kari Lehtonen was unable to control a loose puck in front.
The Blues fell behind quickly 3-0 and despite a furious comeback fell to 1-3 in games when they have a chance to eliminate their opponent with a 3-2 defeat.
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Jake Allen finished in his first appearance of this postseason, facing just seven more shots in the final two-plus periods.
