The Blues spoiled new Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau’s unveiling with a 3-2 loss at Scottrade Center. Alexander Steen, Nail Yakupov, and Magnus Paajarvi’s goals were enough to beat the Wild that just couldn’t establish itself in the offensive zone with much of anything resembling a forecheck. Getting heavily out-shot through two periods, the Wild made it easy on Jake Allen and things just too tough for Devan Dubnyk in between the pipes for their respective teams.
The first period started off with a clang as Marco Scandella rang the post behind Jake Allen. After that unregistered shot on goal, however, the Blues took the period over.