ST. LOUIS -- Alex Pietrangelo is used to playing a lot -- especially this time of year. The St. Louis Blues linchpin defenseman plays with a high motor and appears to have no issues piling up the ice time.
Pietrangelo is fourth overall in the playoffs averaging 30 minutes, 34 seconds, including more than 35 minutes in the Blues' overtime victory in Game 2 in Dallas on Sunday. Among the surviving eight teams, he's at the top of the list.
"The more you play him, the better he plays," coach Ken Hitchcock said Monday, a day ahead of Game 3 against the Stars in a series knotted at a game apiece.