ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues are bigger and stronger and, if they flexed in the mirror, probably ripped with more muscles.
They want to pound and pound and pound until their opponent withers. That’s been a successful formula for them.
The Wild didn’t wither Thursday night.
Instead, the Wild withstood and countered with speed. And despite being knocked around some, the Wild revealed its own toughness, too.
The Wild couldn’t have scripted Game 1 any better as a rebuttal to all the conversation about the Blues’ advantage in size and brawn.
The Wild scored early, dictated its desired pace and stood nose-to-nose with the rugged Blues in earning a 4-2 victory that undoubtedly will create anxiety around St.