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Game 1 Recap: Poor special teams earn Minnesota Wild loss in ... (Hockey Wilderness)

Also, Ville Husso and David Perron, they also maybe had something to do with that loss.

Fiala had a great opportunity near the end of the first, Kaprizov had a few on power plays, but Husso was an absolute brick wall. The second was okay, the Wild generated a lot of shots, something’s gotta break at some point. I don’t like seeing cheap shots like this period but certainly not from the Captain of the team. Wowza. This may get the league’s attention. They each got sent to the box, Foligno for 4 minutes, 2 for Mikkola. Hartman got a breakaway about a minute later and was denied again by Husso. Y’all. Two minutes later, Perron got a minor for holding and the Wild went on their fourth power play of the game. Husso made some god damned heroic saves in the second, absolutely ridiculous. (Did he read my notes from the first?) At this point, I remembered fondly how I confidently said that the Wild’s history against the Blues wouldn’t matter in the playoffs. They still didn’t manage to capitalize, but it felt like there were some looks, just solid blocking from the Blues. And what feels like seconds later, Nic Deslauriers drew a holding minor from Robert Bortuzzo. They remained unable to capitalize on their power plays.

Blues visit the Wild to open the NHL Playoffs (Toronto Star)

St. Louis Blues (49-22-11, third in the Central Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (53-22-7, second in the Central Division)

The Blues have a 28-8-5 record in games they score at least one power-play goal. The Wild have a +56 scoring differential, with 305 total goals scored and 249 given up. In their last regular season meeting on May 2, the Blues won 4-0. The Blues went 5-0 against the Wild in the regular season. BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild host the St. Louis Blues to open the Western Conference first round. St. Louis has a 49-22-11 record overall and a 16-5-3 record in Central Division play.

How to Watch St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota Wild: NHL Playoffs First ... (Sports Illustrated)

Find out how to watch, live stream or TV channel and game time information for the NHL Playoffs First Round Game 2 matchup between the St. Louis Blues and ...

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Hochman: Standing on his head, Blues goalie Husso took the 'W' in ... (STLtoday.com)

It's only one game — so far anyway — but Ville Husso grasped the Wild's will in his goalie glove, also grabbing the attention of the hockey-mad Minnesotans.

And of course, Husso was the first on the ice Monday night. Tormented men and women in their mid-30s are now 40 with a few more grays, some perhaps sprouted in the spring of ’17. In Minnesota, the Blues won Game 1 and Game 2 by the same score of 2-1. The Wild lost in five. Today I think the penalty kill was best of the season that we've done it. On Monday morning, the Wild had the first morning practice at Xcel Energy Center, followed by St. Louis. At 11:51 a.m., as two Olympia ice resurfacers hummed across the ice, the Blues goalie took to the ice, too. And he was playing on the road! “Obviously, I’m a huge fan of 'Huus.' Even from three years ago, when he was a Black Ace (reserve for the Stanley Cup team), I just saw how hard he worked, how passionate he is for the game. The penalty kill was unreal. In a historic hockey town, they’re haunted by the details of defeat. Now, there was much confidence about Husso heading into this series, be it from the Blues or this keyboard, but a shutout? It wasn’t just a win, but a statement.

NHL Department of Player Safety to review cross-check by ... (ABC News)

With 1:46 left in the third period and the Blues leading 4-0, Spurgeon battled with St. Louis winger Pavel Buchnevich in the Wild's defensive zone. With ...

Spurgeon is considered one of the NHL's cleaner players. With Buchnevich on his knees, the Minnesota defenseman brought his weight down on his stick and delivered a cross-check to Buchnevich's right ankle. The NHL Department of Player Safety is reviewing a cross-check delivered by Wild captain Jared Spurgeon in Game 1 of the team's first-round series against the St. Louis Blues on Monday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, a source told ESPN.

Perron's hat trick helps Blues beat Wild, seize home ice (KY3)

David Perron was quarantined in his basement last year, listening to his kids run around upstairs and watching the St. Louis Blues get swept out of the ...

Husso was picked over Jordan Binnington, who backstopped the Blues all the way to the Stanley Cup title as a rookie in 2019. The Blues held defenseman Marco Scandella (lower body) out with an injury that occurred in their second-to-last regular season game. He’s always a threat around the net, I know,” Fleury said. Fleury started strong with a pad save on a penalty shot by Ivan Barbashev, but Perron put the Blues on the board less than three minutes later. None last year, though, because he had to sit out with the virus while the Blues were swept by Colorado. Fleury, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner and three-time Stanley Cup champion, was acquired in a trade with Chicago on March 21. That was the greatest source of frustration for the Wild on a night marked by up-close misfires and clanged posts. The Wild were insistent there was no bad decision to make and that both goalies would be needed throughout the postseason, but if they don’t get their special teams on track this might be a short run. “We had pretty good opportunities, and we didn’t give much on the other end. “I was literally going crazy.” Particularly on the power play, having led the league with a 29.4% scoring rate in 41 road games this season. “Our view from the eye view is that we were pretty good,” Wild coach Dean Evason said.

Wild vs. Blues results: Scores, recap for each game in first round of ... (DraftKings Nation)

We're recapping each game in the first round between the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues in the 2022 NHL playoffs.

* Game 7: Saturday, May 14 TBD St. Louis vs. Recap — The Blues shutout the Wild in Game 1 on Monday night thanks to 37 saves from Ville Husso. St. Louis opted to start Husso over Cup hero Jordan Binnington and it paid off. * Game 5: Tuesday, May 10 TBD St. Louis vs. * Game 6: Thursday, May 12 TBD Minnesota vs. The Wild have never been to/or won the Stanley Cup and are looking to do so led by phenom Kirill Kaprizov. The Blues are only a few seasons removed from winning their first Stanley Cup back in 2019.