For the first time since 2002, the Blues have reached the second round of the postseason for a second consecutive year. As their reward, they get to host the first two games at Scottrade Center against a Nashville Predators squad that just swept grand arch-nemesis, the Chicago Blackhawks.
It will not be an easy series for the Blues, and it will be the first-ever playoff series between the two teams, but at least the first two games are on home ice and the Blues DO have home-ice advantage for the balance of the series, if it goes seven.