The St. Louis Blues were hoping some home cooking, both literally and figuratively, would ease their troubled souls after a poor road trip to start the second half of the season. The Carolina Hurricanes were in no great hurry to grant Blues fans their wish.
However, despite the previous struggles, the Blues got off to a fantastic start. St. Louis had the first six shots on goal and created two great chances, missing on one and scoring on the other. In only his fourth game back, Sammy Blais got the goal to make it 1-0.
The Blues would hold that lead into the intermission.