Jaden Schwartz scored early in the third period and the St. Louis Blues defeated the Nashville Predators 2-1 in Game Five at Scottrade Center on Friday night, cutting Nashville's series lead to 3-2. With the result, the Blues have forced a Game Six, which will be played on Sunday at Bridgestone Arena, and kept the Preds one win away from advancing in the postseason.
The Predators had stretches of pressure throughout the game, but the sentiment from the Nashville locker room at end of the night was that they didn't have their best effort in Game Five.
"We just need to be better," center Ryan Johansen said.