In St Louis, the visiting Dallas Stars’ Ben Bishop made 38 saves to back stop them to a 2-1 win in Game 5 Friday night over the Blues.
The win gives the Stars a 3-2 series lead and they are one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals.
“It was a good game by everybody,” Bishop said. “It was a little satisfying the fact that I made that error and was able to still close it out. That’s probably the only satisfying thing. Other than that, it’s a good win, and there’s one more, which is the hardest one to win. We’ll try to get some rest here and get ready for the next game.”
Jason Spezza and Esa Lindell were the Dallas strikers.
“We just have to collect ourselves, get some rest, and get ready for a game,” Spezza said. “It’s going to come quickly with the afternoon game. We have a good opportunity to close out the series on home ice, and we have to make the most of it.”
Jaden Schwartz cut the deficit to 2-1 in the third with 11 minutes left on the clock, but Bishop closed the door.
“A loss is a loss, it doesn’t matter where it is,” Schwartz said. “It’s obviously tough, but we feel confident about bringing it back here. It has to be our best game.”
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Jordan Binnington made 25 saves in the loss.
“There was real good stretches where we were good, physical, on top of things, getting some looks,” St. Louis head coach Craig Berube said. “But there were other times when we were a little bit sloppy, for sure, with our puck play that caused them to get opportunities.”
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