The Blues came out and dominated from the opening faceoff until the end even though the final scoreline might not have seemed indicative of that. The Blues ended up outshooting the Canucks by a 2-1 margin or more in every single period.
Unfortunately for St. Louis, until the third period, the game always had that feel like it could slip away. Too often in the past the Blues have hammered opposing nets and failed to score only to see a lucky goal go into their own net despite the opponent shot totals being kept low.
That was not the case on this night.