After another late game collapse the Blues captain evens the series on his birthday.
Not many NHL players get to celebrate their birthdays by playing playoff hockey. Even fewer score a game winning overtime goal to salvage a split on the road. Blues captain David Backes managed to complete that task on his 32nd birthday and send the Blues back home with a tie series.
Today's game was supposed to be a bounce back game for the Blues after coming out flat and uninspiring in Friday nights loss in Game 1. While the pace of play was much better than last game, the Blues still didn't control the game like the usually do.