The Chicago Blackhawks begin their Stanley Cup defense when their first-round matchup against the St. Louis Blues gets underway Wednesday night at Scottrade Center.
Like all sports teams in Chicago and St. Louis, the Blackhawks and Blues are longtime rivals. The atmosphere is electric whenever they tangle and amps up to an even higher level in the playoffs.
The two teams last met in the postseason in 2014, with St. Louis winning the first two games of the first-round series in overtime before the Blackhawks came back to take the next four and advance to Round 2.