In St Louis, the Blues picked up a 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night.
Ville Husso made 28 saves in the St Louis win.
“He played well,” St. Louis’ Colton Parayko said. “Right off the hop, obviously. He’s been playing well, giving us a chance to win. But when you get those big saves, it gives you a little more motivation. It kind of puts you in gear a little bit more, makes you want to push, and obviously he made a couple big saves, and right off of those saves we went down and scored.”
The Blues imp[roved to 40-20-10.
“I liked the third period a lot,” St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. “I thought we played a better team game and did a better job of playing the way we’re supposed to play, did a good job there on the [penalty kill] at the end, good blocks, that sort of stuff.
“I wasn’t disappointed in the game. I thought that guys competed and worked hard. That team over there I thought competed at a high level tonight. They worked hard, they made it difficult for us at times. It wasn’t an easy game by any means.”
Robert Thomas opened the scoring, giving the Blues a 1-0 lead in the first period.
“I think he’s starting to get more well-rounded with the scoring, right,” Berube said. “He’s looking to shoot more than he ever has. That’s why he’s got 16 goals. He’s got to continue to do that. Can’t just always look to pass. He’s got to shoot pucks. He’s scoring right now, so he should just continue to shoot.”
Justin Faulk pushed the lead to 2-0 early in the middle frame.
“I thought the second period we came out a little better,” Eberle said. “Obviously we were down [two] and we made it a 2-1 game. … We couldn’t get another one to fight back.
“We had opportunities. That wasn’t the problem. We had opportunities to score; you’ve got to finish those, but at the other end, we gave up too much. ‘Driedgs’ played well. I think we’ve got to tighten it up defensively and just dial it in a bit offensively.”
Jordan Eberle struck for Settle’s only goal to cut the advantage for St Louis to 2-1.
Jordan Kyrou snapped a 12-game goal drought in the third period to get the Blues a 3-1 lead.
“Obviously haven’t scored in a couple games,” Kyrou said. “And obviously it’s kind of tough sometimes when you go through those stretches, so it’s kind of just a nice little relief when you finally get that one.”
Seattle dropped to 22-42-6.
Ryan O’Reilly hit for an empty-net goal for the 4-1 final.
Chris Driedger made 32 saves in the Kraken loss.
“We’re not going to win too many games when you’re going six penalties to one in the hockey game,” Driedger said. “This was one of those efforts you crumble up and throw away and go and get it the next night.”
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