Dallas Stars v. St. Louis Blues
Game 7 – Series Tied 3-3
Game Recap:
Heading back to St. Louis after tying the series at three a piece the Blues look to close out the Dallas Stars in Game 7 at home, and to start the game the Blues would control the tempo of the game. However, it would be the Stars who would be doing the bulk of the shooting in the period, but it would be the Blues striking first as Vince Dunn would let a blast go that would get past a screened Ben Bishop to make it 1-0. Then the Stars would be the beneficiaries of a lucky bounce as a Blues pass behind the net and hit off of the referee’s foot and to the front of the net where Mats Zuccarello would get the puck and wrist it past a confused Jordan Binnington to tie the game at one to end the first period.
Deep breaths, everyone. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/C1TYgaatlI
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
In the second period it would be all St. Louis as the Blues would control the tempo of the game for the majority of the second period that saw them outshoot Dallas 18-1. Also the Blues would draw two penalties against the Stars, but Dallas would play a very tight penalty kill that would prevent the Blues from getting any quality scoring chances.
The boys are buzzin' and outshooting the Stars 28-14, but we're tied after 2. Third period coming your way shortly. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/PmZK87mXFC
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
Going into the third period the Blues would continue playing with the momentum and hem the Stars in their own zone, but Dallas have a couple good shifts against the Blues but could only muster 3 shots the entire period compared to the Blues 13 shots. Neither team would score thus forcing overtime.
Next goal wins. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/4PgSgGol9S
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
In the first overtime period both teams would generate chances on net but both Ben Bishop and Jordan Binnington would stand tall in their respective nets.
So how's everyone doing? #stlblues pic.twitter.com/0NKmyMXmun
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
Going into double overtime the Dallas Stars would start strong and come close on a Jamie Benn wrap around, but could not get it in the net. Then Robert Thomas would drive the net and ring the pick off the post then would take a fortunate bounce off of Bishop’s back and land in the crease for Pat Maroon to tap in to win the game and the series for the Blues as they head to the Western Conference Finals.
CAN YOU FEEL IT??!!!!!!!! #WEALLBLEEDBLUE #STLBLUES pic.twitter.com/OCk3vBLcEF
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
Lineups:
Dallas Stars:
Jason Dickinson — Tyler Seguin — Mats Zuccarello
Jamie Benn — Roope Hintz — Alexander Radulov
Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau
Brett Ritchie — Justin Dowling — Jason Spezza
Esa Lindell — John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak
Taylor Fedun — Ben Lovejoy
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: Valeri Nichushkin, Tyler Pitlick, Gavin Bayreuther, Dillon Heatherington, Landon Bow, Mattias Janmark
Injured: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Jamie Oleksiak (lower body), Joel Hanley (upper body)
It's Game 7 in the #StanleyCup Playoffs, what more needs to be said?#GoStars | @Toyota pic.twitter.com/1bZh4TsydL
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) May 8, 2019
St. Louis Blues:
Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko
Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron
Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas
Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen
Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn — Carl Gunnarsson
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Robert Bortuzzo, Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso
Let's get it. #WeAllBleedBlue#stlblues | @maryvilleu pic.twitter.com/eSd2IlqgI2
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
First Period:
Blues Goal – 13:30 – Vince Dunn (1) from Alex Pietrangelo (9) and Robert Thomas (3)
VINCE DUNN!!!! His first of the Stanley Cup Playoffs! #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/9a4TYhCCLf
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
Stars Goal – 15:55 – Mats Zuccarello (4) from unassisted
The Stars swarm Binnington and Zuccarello capitalizes off of a turnover to tie it up. #GoStars pic.twitter.com/WXL5LkZkQA
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) May 8, 2019
End of 1st – DAL – 1 STL – 1
Shots 13 10
Faceoffs 15 10
Hits 07 12
PP 0/0 0/0
Second Period:
Stars Penalty – 7:07 – Brett Ritchie 2 minutes for Tripping
Stars Penalty – 11:02 – John Klingberg 2 minutes for Tripping
End of 2nd – DAL – 1 STL – 1
Shots 14 28
Faceoffs 24 20
Hits 14 18
PP 0/0 0/2
Third Period:
N/A
End of 3rd – DAL – 1 STL – 1
Shots 17 41
Faceoffs 32 36
Hits 22 29
PP 0/0 0/2
Overtime:
N/A
End of OT – DAL – 1 STL – 1
Shots 26 52
Faceoffs 41 46
Hits 23 33
PP 0/0 0/2
Double Overtime
Blues Goal – 5:50 – Pat Maroon (3) from Robert Thomas (4) and Tyler Bozak (4)
Do or die. Pat Maroon chooses do. #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/4GrlkFzXkQ
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
End of 2OT – DAL – 1 STL – 2
Shots 30 54
Faceoffs 44 52
Hits 24 33
PP 0/0 0/2
Next Up:
Western Conference Finals STL v. COL/SJ
BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #WEALLBLEEDBLUE pic.twitter.com/lQu49h4vZU
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 8, 2019
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