The St. Louis Blues returned home to Scottrade for Game Five fresh off a 6-1 thrashing of the Minnesota Wild in Game Four at Xcel Energy Center in which they chased Wild goalie and Vezina finalist Devan Dubnyk in the second period after putting six pucks past him in only 17 shots in the second period.
The Blues also exorcized some major playoff demons by winning on the road for the first time since 2012, having dropped the last nine, including Game Three’s shutout loss. Perhaps this will help in Game Six.
It was the most lopsided game of the series and the most goals the Wild have surrendered in a playoff game in franchise history.