The St. Louis Blues looked ready to prove their offday comments true about having another level. They opened up Game 3 with a lot of energy and possession.
They were getting pucks into the zone and tracking things down very well. They looked the better team for much of the first period in fact. Alas, looking like the better team and being the better team aren’t always the same thing.
The Blues were playing with fire for much of the first period with several turnovers. Most of them led to odd-man rushes the other way and the Blues were not made to pay for quite awhile.