Allow me to begin with this statement: Vladimir Tarasenko won the game last night. His third period natural hat trick broke the 2-2 stalemate that the Blues found themselves stuck in and is sending the team back to St. Louis for tomorrow night’s potentially final game six.
This isn’t a criticism of Tarasenko’s four goals. Or of Ryan O’Reilly’s four. Or of David Perron’s five goals, or Jordan Kyrou’s three, or Brandon Saad’s one. The Blues have needed scoring, and they know where it’s going to come from.
As close as this series is statistically - and let’s be real here, it is, despite every game being a lopsided victory - it would be nice to get some balance but whatever works, works.