The St Louis Blues opened the scoring Wednesday night in Game 4 of their series with the Dallas Stars.
The problem for them was they surrendered the next four goals and lost, 4-2, as the Stars evened the series, 2-2. 
Vladimir Tarasenko put the Blues up 1-0 in the first period.
“They played better than us when you look at the whole game. We had some good things at times, but our consistency wasn’t there,” St Louis’ Ryan O’Reilly said. “We didn’t find our offensive structure until later on and it was too late. That happens, (there are) adjustments we have to make. We’re disappointed. That wasn’t the kind of game we wanted, but it’s a best out of three now and we’re confident we’ll turn it around.”
Jason Dickinson, Jason Spezza, John Klingberg, and Roope Hintz scored for Dallas for a 4-1 lead.
“What I think it comes down to is guys personally elevating their game,” Dickinson said. “If it took shaking up the lines to get guys to do that, then it’s a great move by the coach.”
Robert Thomas got the Blues closer in the third but not enough.
“This is exactly where we’re supposed to be at this point, right? We’re supposed to be 2-2. It’s now a three-game series. We’ve got to go take care of business there,” Dickinson said.
Ben Bishop made 27 saves in the win.
“It’s a big response by our guys and a big win for these fans,” Bishop said. “Desperation’s a good word, but I think we were just playing the way we were supposed to play. Guys came in tonight and did the job.”
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Jordan Binnington made 27 saves in the loss.
“It’s playoff hockey. We’ll change our game up a little bit and see what happens,” Binnington said.
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