Your Blues just went off last night!
Waking up this morning, you might still be hearing the echoes of "Gloria!" ringing out from the Enterprise Center, and if you missed it, well, you missed a barn burner. The St. Louis Blues absolutely lit up the Minnesota Wild, winning 6-3 in a game that felt like a postseason fight. Colton Parayko got us started early, and then things got a little squirrely there in the first and early second periods with the Wild pulling ahead. But then, man, the Blues just found another gear. Oskar Stenberg and Pavel Buchnevich scored less than thirty seconds apart to tie it up and take the lead back in the second, and that just opened the floodgates.
Honestly, the whole team played with a different kind of fire last night, especially after that short-handed goal by Marcus McCarron for the Wild early in the second that put them up 3-2. You could just feel the energy shift, like the boys decided they’d had enough. Tobias Lindstein chipped in later in the second, and then Jake Neighbours and Jimmy Snuggerud sealed the deal in the third. It wasn't just the goals, though; the St. Louis Blues outshot the Minnesota Wild 31-22, and it felt like every one of those shots had some mustard on it. Jordan Binnington looked sharp when he needed to, especially in those moments when the Wild were pressing.
This win is huge, folks. It keeps the St. Louis Blues at 82 points, sitting 6th in the Central Division and, more importantly, still in that Wildcard #5 spot. We’re on a nice little streak now, 6-3-1 in our last ten, and that momentum is what we need heading into the final stretch. Every point matters, and getting two against a division rival like the Minnesota Wild, at home no less, is like finding an extra order of toasted ravioli when you thought you only had one. The mood around St. Louis this morning? It's that good kind of cautious swagger, like we know we can do it, but we ain't gonna say it too loud just yet.
And if you know, you know — Play Gloria.
Y'all gotta hear what the folks on mornings.live are sayin' about this one – catch 'em live for the good stuff.