Lighting The Lamp With Rick Ackerman
Ordinarily a victory over an Eastern Conference team in mid-January would not be a highly significant win for the St. Louis Blues. However, the victory over New Jersey two nights ago may have been the most important game of the season. Faced with the adversity of having seven players unavailable due to injury and playing their fifth game in nine days, the Blues played their first complete game in three weeks by dominating the Devils for a full 60 minutes and skating away with a solid 5-2 decision.