After playing a solid ten minutes, the Blues decided to take the next fifty minutes of regulation and 11 or so minutes of overtime off.
It could be argued that they didn’t deserve to win that game after blowing a 3-1 lead.
But narratives don’t matter; what matters is who scores that final goal, and it was... Magnus Paajarvi? From Vladimir Sobotka? Ok. I’ll take it.
The Blues are now going home, ready to face off against the Nashville Predators in round two. This is the first playoff meeting for these two teams, and as you may remember, the Predators just swept the Blackhawks out of the playoffs.