Defenseman Joel Edmunson gave the St. Louis Blues a small consolation, shattering the shutout bid of Pekka Rinne with under four minutes to play, but a 2-1 defeat at Bridgestone Arena to the host Nashville Predators has the Blues on the brink of elimination Tuesday (May 2, 2017). The lone remaining Midwest based National Hockey
Alex Steen scored the lone goal for St. Louis as the Blues fell behind in its National Hockey League Central Conference final with a 3-1 loss at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday (April 30, 2017). Steen’s goal cut into a 2-0 Nashville lead with 7:01 to play in the middle period. Ryan Ellis fired his
The St. Louis Blues evened its National Hockey League Central Division Final series with the Nashville Predators thanks to a late goal from the team’s go-to leader, Vladimir Tarasenko on Friday (April 28, 2017). The Russian forward’s goal with 3:51 to play in the contest snapped a 2-2 tie and lifted the Blues to an
Vern Fiddler fired the game winner with 5:05 to go, nullifying a nice St. Louis rally and lifting the visiting Nashville Predators to a 4-3 series opening win against the Blues at Scottrade Center Wednesday (April 26) in their National Hockey League Central Division final. The Preds never trailed in the contest, but a pair
By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info A gutsy third period rally to tie the game was nullified as Magnus Paajarvi’s goal 9:42 into overtime lifted the St Louis Blues to the NHL’s Central Division final and eliminated the Minnesota Wild to an off season full of questions. For years, it seemed the only thing holding
The Midwest contingent in the NHL playoffs was cut in half on Thursday (April 20) as both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks were punted in their respective Division Semi-Final series. After staving off the Penguins in game four of the series a couple of nights earlier, Jackets dropped a 5-2 decision at Pittsburgh’s
