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Blues lose, are pushed to the brink

Minnesota Wild's Jared Spurgeon (left), center Mikko Koivu (center) and Nino Niederreiter (right) celebrate Niederreiter's second-period goal during a first-round playoff game between the St. Louis Blues and the Minnesota Wild on Friday, April 24, 2015, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. In the foreground are St. Louis Blues left wing Jaden Schwartz (left) and defenseman Barret Jackman (right). Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com

Momentum has been a hard item to hold in the Blues’ best-of-seven first-round Western Conference playoff series against Minnesota.

The Wild took Game 1, but the Blues pushed back and won Game 2.