If the Blues lose this series, the main reason will be simple: special teams. It wouldn't have a made a difference, but not having Sundqvist last night for the penalty kills didn't help. That said, you can't allow 4 freaking PP goals. And our PP continues to be awful.
Agreed, Throughout the whole playoffs, the Bs special teams have been excellent.
Honestly, with how abysmal the Blues PP has been in the playoffs it’s a testament to the rest of their play that they’ve made it this far. It’s mind boggling how you have the level of talented players the Blues have and have a PP that looks THAT bad.
I don’t see why one unit is not firmly designed around Paryako’s slap shot. Set him up on the off wing and feed him over and over and let him bomb away ala Subban...Webber...etc. etc. If they start to cheat towards him it opens up the other players....if not...you have a 100+ slap shot coming at you. Rebound galore or it’s in then net.
I don’t think the Blues are ‘done’ or that they’re outmatched by any means. If they can find a way to keep this 5 on 5 for the majority of the time they they’re in good shape as far as keeping it a game and/or series.
But clearly they have to win Monday, going down 3-1 is a death sentence.