GAME 5 AT COLORADO
When: Wednesday, May 25 at 7 p.m. CT
Where: Ball Arena in Denver, CO
Watch: TNT
Listen: Q94 93.9 fm
Colorado leads best-of-7 series, 3-1
With their season on the line, the St. Louis Blues will head back to Colorado to take on the Avalanche in a crucial Game 5 on Wednesday night.
They’ll have to quickly put Monday’s game behind them. In that contest, Nazem Kadri scored a hat trick – including two of Colorado’s four unanswered goals in a 4:53 span in the second period – to pave the way for a 6-3 loss at Enterprise Center.
With temperatures rising and intensity dialing up, the pressure is on for the Blues to stay in the moment and focus on one game at a time. Having already won at Ball Arena earlier in the series, the team knows what it takes to steal a game in opposing territory.
“We’ll regroup tomorrow, talk a little bit and look at some stuff,” Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said after Game 4. “We have to play better. We can. We went in (to Colorado) and won Game 2. The team is capable of doing it.”
The Blues power play reignited Monday night after going scoreless for the first time this postseason in Game 3, getting back-to-back goals from David Perron and Pavel Buchnevich to close out the second period.
Game 5 is Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT.
NOTEWORTHY STATS
– The Blues have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a series twice in franchise history: 1999 vs. Phoenix and 1991 vs. Detroit.
– Colorado has lost a series after taking a 3-1 lead twice in franchise history: 2003 vs. Minnesota and 1998 vs. Edmonton.
– In NHL history, teams that hold a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven series hold a series record of 296-31 (.905). This includes an 0-1 mark in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when New York came back from down 3-1 to defeat Pittsburgh in the first round.
THEY SAID IT
“We had some pushes at times, did some good things, but (we were) not nearly consistent enough. It’s unfortunate, but we get the next game. That’s our focus. We have to leave it all out there now – it’s do or die.” – Ryan O’Reilly after Game 4
BLUE NOTES
The Blues have scored first in all four games of the series vs. Colorado thus far… David Perron recorded his fourth multi-goal game of the Playoffs in Game 4, tying Brett Hull (1991 and 1990) for most in a single postseason in franchise history… Perron’s eight goals this playoffs are the most by a Blue through 10 games of a postseason since Brett Hull (11 in 1990)… The Blues’ eight-game power-play goal streak to open the 2022 Playoffs was the longest postseason streak since 1981. The Blues lead the NHL this postseason with a power-play conversion rate of 35.3% (12 for 34).
