Wild Shut Out Blues 2-0, Averting 1st-Round Sweep
Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves, Charlie Coyle scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild avoided elimination.
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Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves, Charlie Coyle scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild avoided elimination.
The Minnesota Wild are in a stunning predicament after a season of franchise records and most points in a regular season.
The Minnesota Wild have yet to lead for one second in this opening round series with the Blues.
It wasn't supposed to be like this in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Minnesota Wild.
Boudreau is well aware of his reputation -- do well in the regular season, falter in the postseason. He's also well aware that at this juncture there's not a whole lot he can do about it, except keep trying hard.
The Minnesota Wild, who had a 12-game winning streak this season, are down 0-3 to the surprising St. Louis Blues while Cup favorites Chicago and Washington have been plunged into challenging first-round series of their own.
Former NHL coach Barry Melrose had a saying during the Stanley Cup Playoffs that goes, "This time of year your best players have to be your best players."
The Minnesota Wild are facing elimination in the NHL Playoffs after losing Game 3 at St. Louis 3-1 on Sunday.
Jared Spurgeon is experienced enough in the postseason to know it's different this time of year.
After losing Game One to the St. Louis Blues, the belief was that if the Minnesota Wild plays like they did on Wednesday, they'll win this series in six games.
Jaden Schwartz scored with 2:27 remaining and the Blues beat the Wild 2-1, giving St. Louis a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.
Minnesota is looking to even the series at one game a piece before heading to St. Louis.
For nearly 60 minutes, Jake Allen looked impenetrable. The St. Louis net minder turned away all 43 shots that he had faced in the game and was well on his way to giving the Blues a 1-0 lead in the series.
Joel Edmundson scored for St. Louis at 17:48 of overtime after Zach Parise tied the game for the Wild with 22.7 seconds left in regulation.
Everyone knew this moment would come, ever since Mike Yeo stepped in to take over the head coaching duties with the Blues.
