The Blues lost game one in heartbreaking fashion. There’s nothing worse than an overtime loss, save for how the Blues managed to pull it off. No shots in extra time while allowing 13 shots on your already exhausted goaltender is not ideal. Allowing 13 shots in slightly more than eight minutes of overtime play is beyond not ideal.
The Blues have had plenty of rest between their last series and this, though the absence of Torey Krug and Marco Scandella is still clearly felt. Regrouping and moving on is going to have to take focus defensively even beyond filling in for Krug and Scandella.