from Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
For the Blues, the Stanley Cup playoffs this season are about accomplishing a first in the franchise’s history.
Of course, that has to do with a trophy.
The club is not going to reach that goal by doing what it did for the first time in its playoff history in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Thursday night.
The Blues were dumped 3-0 by San Jose, marking the only time the team has been blanked in back-to-back postseason games since its inception in 1967-68. On the heels of their 4-0 loss to the Sharks in Game 2, they are now behind two games to one in the best-of-seven series, the first time the club has trailed a series after three games in these playoffs.
The crowd of 17,562 at SAP Center and the folks back in St. Louis probably could agree on this: Heading into Game 4 Saturday, San Jose is thoroughly in control.
“They can think what they want,” Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. “We know we’ve got more in here, we know we’ve got another level. They took it up a notch and now it’s up to us to get some rest and take it up a few more notches on Saturday.”
from Benjamin Hochman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
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