Blues Defying Critics, Three up on Wild
April 17th, 2017
Chris McRae

The St Louis Blues have defied their critics in their first-round series against the Minnesota Wild. The Blues have taken a 3-0 series lead over the Wild with two wins on the road and a third back home in St Louis.

The series which has seen former Minnesota coach Mike Yeo take on his old team has been a highly anticipated match up between the 2nd (Wild) and 3rd (Blues) placed sides in the Central Division and has given hockey fans some truly memorable moments. ...

Undoubtedly, the stand-out performance of the series came from Blues netminder Jake Allen. With an incredible 114 saves on 117 shots in the series so far, Allen has proved solid for the Blues with some truly spectacular saves. In Game 1, he was the saviour. However, since then, Allen’s sparkling form has been coupled with some solid Blues offence which has St Louis hitting the right notes and Minnesota singing the blues. ...


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