The St. Louis Blues have Vladimir Tarasenko. The Minnesota Wild don’t. And it was this advantage that proved the difference for the Blues on their Saturday Game 2 first round 4-1 win over the Wild, on the scoreboard and on nightly highlight shows. Because when Tarasenko scores, it always looks amazing.
Tarasenko notched a hat trick against the Wild to even the series 1-1 as it heads back to Minnesota for Game 3.
"This is a win. This is 100 percent [a] win," Tarasenko said. "There's no time to celebrate. We have a tough couple games coming [up].