Fabbri then pushed the puck to Troy Brouwer who was in-front of goal.
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St. Louis Blues salute their fans after defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in Game Seven of the Western Conference First Round during the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Scottrade Center on April 25, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. With that save in his pocket, anything is possible in Game 7.
Brouwer himself missed the puck twice after it dinged off the post.
As the play developed, even those on the bench tried to help Brouwer will the puck into the net.
Ken Hitchcock said it was like watching mini-golf, if only there were 19,935 frothing fans and a handful of jobs hanging on Troy Brouwer knocking in a five-footer with Corey Crawford scrambling to be the windmill on the green. “I’m sure leaving Game 6, they probably thought they had us cracked”.
Jamie Benn has been a thorn in the Blues’ side over the years, and he’s registered 10 points in the first six games of this years playoffs.
“First Game 7, first time I win”, Bouwmeester said.
You said before the Game 7 win that St. Louis “needs this”. Brouwer ended a playoff drought of 24 goalless games, dating back to May 8, 2013, when he was with the Washington Capitals.
On a night when the Predators forced Game 7 against the Ducks, the Blues were able to get out for the first round in the finale of their series with the Blackhawks. “Matchups are going to be tough, details are going to be tough”, Ruff said.
The Blues jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Jori Lehtera and Colton Parayko.
That was when Brouwer’s leadership kicked in. Rundblad took an ill-advised slashing penalty early in the third period, robbing the Hawks of 2:00 of five-on-five time in a tie game. PPs-Anaheim 1 of 2; Nashville 0 of 1. That will most definitely be a series to watch, with the offensive skills of the respective teams and the divisional rivalry aspect working heavily in its favor. As they say with any playoff goal, it doesn’t matter how it goes in as long as it’s a goal. We needed that knowledge.
At the end of the frame, the Blues absolutely peppered the Blackhawks with shots, but nothing would go through.
“That felt like a conference final”, Quenneville said.
“‘Brouws’ is so good in the off days for us because he is so focused and he keep everybody focused and moving forward”, said Hitchcock.
Game 7 of the Blackhawks-Blues first-round series drew the largest TV audience for Fox Sports Midwest. They will play the decisive game seven tomorrow night in Anaheim. They held Jonathan Toews off the scoresheet for the first time in a series in his National Hockey League career, and wiggled their way out of precarious spots with Patrick Kane on Monday night. “Just wasn’t in our favor”.
The Cardinals won the World Series in 2011. His first shot clanked off the post, but the second effort off the backhand produced the goal that put a long-frustrated franchise over the top against the defending Stanley Cup champions.
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I think the Blues then became a rallying cry with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Blues re-inserted rookie D Joel Edmundson after sitting two games in place of Robert Bortuzzo…. But the past three years, the end of a series has meant the end of the season, meaning the only reflection was putting a disappointing finish to rest. The Blackhawks did not make any changes from their Game 6 lineup.
