NHL Playoffs: St Louis Blues 3 Chicago Blackhawks 2 recap and differencemaker points analysis

1st Period STL 2 CHI 1

- Blues nearly perfect period

- Blues great energy and physicallity

- Blackhawks issues to attack the blue line and make forward passes due to a veery good defense

- Blues high quantity and quality of shots

- Blues players better positioned on the ice than the Blackhawks one

- The individual skills of the Blackhawks players kept them close to the Blues

2nd Period STL 2 CHI 2

- Lucky tying PP goal-autogoal for the Blackhawks
- Blackhawks finally matched teh Blues energies
- Great intensity by both teams on ice
- Crawford great saves
- Blackhawks started to shoot more than the forst period but the Blues still have the best scoring chances
- Blues teamwork against Blackhawks individual plays

3rd Period STL 3 CHI 2

- High intensity game continue
- Blues continue to be the most propositive team in this game and it paid off with Brouwer's game winning goal
- Very unlucky Blackhawks team when Seabrook hit both posts with a shot that could send the game to OT
- Awesome blue line defense by the Blues in the final minute of the game that prevent the visitors to establish the puck possession in the offensive zone
- Blues players very well positionned once again to stop the majority of the Blackhawks' shots

MY 3 Starrs of the game

1 Brouwer
2 Elliott
3 Crawford