Fleury, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner and three-time Stanley Cup champion, was acquired in a trade with Chicago on March 21. Marc-Andre Fleury got the nod in goal for the Wild over All-Star Cam Talbot, who went 13-0-3 in his last 16 starts.
Game 2 is here Wednesday night, before the series shifts south to St. That’ll give us a lot of positivity going forward.” “We had pretty good opportunities, and we didn’t give much on the other end. “Our view from the eye view is that we were pretty good,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. They had a 55-28 edge on the Blues in shots attempted over the first two periods, but 14 of them went wide of the net.
That was the greatest source of frustration for the Wild on a night marked by up-close misfires and clanged posts. Perron scored on each of the first two power plays for the the Blues, who went 6 for 6 on the penalty kill. Particularly on the power play, having led the league with a 29.4% scoring rate in 41 road games this season. “It’s part of the game and it’s important, but we’ve been a good road team for quite some time here,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. Ryan O’Reilly had a goal and an assist, Torey Krug added three assists and Ville Husso made 37 saves for the shutout in his postseason debut for the Blues, who seized home-ice advantage from a Wild team they’ve had their way with in recent years.īy blocking 17 shots, clogging the passing lanes and dominating on both special teams, the confident Blues quieted Xcel Energy Center quickly with a 2-0 first-period lead and never let the crowd - that the Wild pushed so hard to play in front of to start the postseason - become a factor. “I have a lot of pride wearing the Blue note.” Louis and posted the 14th three-goal game in franchise history.
“It’s been a long way coming,” said Perron, who’s on his third stint with St.