You should have seen the Blues play last night
Well, if you went to bed early and missed it, you woke up to some pretty good news, I reckon. Your St. Louis Blues went into Chicago last night, to that... *other* arena... and they whooped up on the Blackhawks, 5-3. It wasn't the prettiest win, not by a long shot, but we got the job done against the old enemy. Joel Snuggerud got us on the board first, which was nice, but then Chicago came back and took the lead. For a minute there, I thought we were gonna have another one of those nights, you know? My heart was just doing flips like a slinky down the Arch steps.
But then the boys really dug in. Alexey Toropchenko tied it up in the second, and that felt like a big exhale. Then Jordan Kyrou buried a power play goal, and that felt like we finally started to settle in. Colton Fowler added another one just a few minutes later, and suddenly we were up two goals heading into the third. Dalibor Dvorsky gave us some breathing room in the third period, which we absolutely needed after Ilya Mikheyev scored for Chicago late to make it a little too close for comfort. Jordan Binnington made 31 saves, some of 'em real beauties, and honestly, the whole team looked like they wanted this one bad. Even with Chicago outshooting us, 34 to 28, we found a way to finish.
So, what does this all mean for us here in St. Louis? We're still sitting at 80 points, 7th in the Central, and way out of a Wild Card spot. But hey, a win is a win, especially against *them*. It keeps the good vibes going; we've won six of our last ten, and that's not nothing. We're on a little win streak now, which always feels good. We've got a couple more games this week, and while the standings might not look like we're going anywhere, this team is still playing with some heart. You can feel it when you walk down Market Street this morning, folks are just a little lighter.
And if you know, you know — Play Gloria.
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