from Rory Boylen of Sportsnet,

It shouldn’t have gotten to overtime, never mind double overtime.

For a two-period stretch in regulation the St. Louis Blues outshot the Dallas Stars 31-4 in Game 7 of their second-round series on Tuesday. But on the back of Ben Bishop, the Stars pushed through to force the extra frames, getting more scoring opportunities in the first overtime than they had in periods two and three combined.

And just when it looked like the unforgiving hockey gods would wickedly reward the road team, the Blues struck quickly and suddenly off the draw, an area where they had been struggling. Pat Maroon played the part of hometown hero, sending the Blues to the conference final for the first time since 2016....

One of the more emotional post-game interviews in recent memory was Gene Principe talking with Maroon when the latter was a member of the Edmonton Oilers in 2016. It was a mid-December game, just before Christmas, and Edmonton was on a road trip through Maroon’s hometown of St. Louis. The power forward scored a big goal in the game to send it to overtime and his son was in the crowd, beaming with pride.

When Maroon saw his son’s reaction during the interview he got choked up. The sight of it pulls at your heartstrings and put in perspective the human element behind the scenes of the life of an NHLer.

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Below, watch the referred to interview with Maroon, the game highlights and handshakes.