The Vancouver Canucks burst the bubble of the defending Stanley Cup champions Friday, and they have the muckers to thank for it.

The Canucks got goals from bottom-six forwards Tyler Motte, Jay Beagle, and Antoine Roussel en route to a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at Rogers Place to knock the Blues out of the NHL playoffs.

Motte scored twice, once into an empty net, following a two-goal performance in Game 5.

Troy Stecher and Brock Boeser also scored for Vancouver to capture the best-of-seven opening-round series 4-2.

The game encapsulated the series, with Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom fending off a blizzard of shots and Canuck scoring coming from players up and down the lineup.

"It's playoffs, you've got to have depth," said Beagle.

"You've gotta have your third and fourth lines scoring, doing all the little things that we always talk about, that we take pride in as the third and fourth line.from the CP at TSN,...

Blues forward said no one should point fingers at Binnington.

"It's disappointing the way we played in front of him," said O'Reilly. "One of the reasons we're here in this position is because of him, the way he is, and we did a terrible job helping him out.

"We have to defend better, we have to have jump in front of him. It's on us."

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