Wild rout Blues, 5-1, take 2-1 series lead
On Friday night, the Minnesota Wild took a 2-1 lead in their opening-round Stanley Cup Playoff series with St. Louis, blowing out the Blues 5-1 in Game 3.
The Wild's offensive attack jumped on the Blues early, scoring the game's first four goals en route to the Game 3 victory.
After Jordan Greenway opened the scoring, Kirill Kaprizov tallied his fourth goal of the postseason, giving Minnesota a 2-0 lead after the first period.
Mats Zuccarello scored the lone goal in the second period, and the Wild took a 3-0 lead into the second intermission.
In the third, Joel Eriksson Ek scored his third goal of the playoffs just 22 seconds into the period giving Minnesota a commanding 4-0 lead. St. Louis' Ryan O'Reilly got the Blues on the board with a power-play goal 2:17 into the period before Minnesota's Jonas Brodin closed out any hopes of a comeback with an empty-net goal 12:31 into the third.
Marc-Andre Fleury was solid in net for the Wild, turning away 29 of 30 shots to earn the win.
Meanwhile, Fleury's counterpart in goal, St. Louis' Ville Husso, struggled. Husso allowed four goals off 32 shots.
The Wild will look to take a 3-1 series lead in Game 4 on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
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