Last year, New Jersey went 10 games without allowing a power-play goal en route to winning the championship. Not yet celebrating The St. Louis room was strangely quiet despite the fact the Blues had just won two games on the road to open a playoff series. Advantages don't get much stronger, but Keith Tkachuk, for one, wasn't in the mood to celebrate. You look at Philly and Pittsburgh last year. Pittsburgh beat them twice in their building, and Philly went on to beat them four straight after that.
Playoffs are funny.
You never know. Defensemen had 13 of the Stars' shots. After two periods, the defensemen had more shots than the forwards at 10-8. We've got to get more shots,'' said forward Jamie Langenbrunner, who had only one shot for the game. Langenbrunner said the Blues frustrated the Stars with their shot-blocking abilities.