The traction on the rear axle gave out a little more in Chicago on Monday. Jake Allen made 38 saves for the St Louis Blues in a 4-0 win over the Blackhawks.
“I’m just trying to keep the game as simple as I can,” Allen said. “I think that’s when I’m at my best, and if I go back and look at previous years in the good hockey I’m playing, usually it means that I’m in the right spot and things are going my way and I’m doing the right things. I think it’s just feeling pretty confident out there.”
Patrick Kane’s 15-game point streak ended in the loss.
“It was a good run,” Kane said. “I think I kind of see the chances were fading the last few games and that maybe it was going to end here soon, I hadn’t really been generating as much as I want to. Try to get a couple days rest here and come back strong against Boston (on Thursday), get things going again.”
Mackenzie MacEachern scored the game’s opening goal.
“Yeah, it’s not easy,” Jonathan Toews said. “… We’ve got to find a way to get that consistent effort. Obviously there’s been some tough travel, you’re not going to have your legs, you’re not going to be flying every single night, and I don’t think you can say they had their best game, but they managed the game, they played patient, they played smart.”
Jaden Schwartz had a goal and two points for the Blues.
“Yeah, I’m not even sure what the point streak is, but we get up for games,” Schwartz said. “Whether it is at home or on the road, we still stick to the same game plan. We don’t try switching it up and I think we are just doing a good job of sticking to our systems.”
Brayden Schenn had a goal to make it 3-0 and Tyler Bozak added a late goal in the third for the final strike.
“When you have a two-goal lead, or any sort of a lead, to get the next goal is huge,” Blues coach Craig Berube said. “I don’t want to sit back. I don’t want to play that way.”
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Corey Crawford made 26 saves in the loss.
“We played three terrible games. It’s definitely frustrating when you’re out there. We have to work through it, we have to be better,” Brent Seabrook said after the loss.
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