Three Takeaways From Blues' 7-2 Win Against Jets

[Spyro Gyra]

ST. LOUIS – Judging by the thunderous, boisterous St. Louis Blues crowd in attendance for Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, one could hardly tell the home side was down two games in the series.

The Jets took Games 1 and 2 at home and held serve. The Blues knew they had to do the same.

Boy, did they ever get off to the start they wanted and did so in convincing fashion.

* A thunderous start
* Blues best players rose to the occasion
* Blues checked with purpose

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[FunSeeker]

1 Takeaway
Blues scored more than the Jets

[Army's Mom]

Momentum is so huge in the playoffs, and the narrative plays a big part of it.

Hellebyuck chokes under pressure is what we keep hearing, and repeating. Hellebyuck can't play the puck. Hell, Rivers before the game joked with Federko that the Blues should just make him play the puck, since they'd probably be able to force a turnover.

The Jets survive the Blues onslaught in the first, play even hockey in the second, and have a chance to author a third straight third period comeback when they got a goal from the fourth line and briefly took the momentum and what does Hellebyuck do?

They absolutely unraveled after that. You could see the Jets start getting frustrated when they lost the goal-line glove save call (looked like a goal to me, but also didn't look conclusive enough to overturn the no-goal call on the ice), but they completely lost it afterwards. How many minors did Luke Schenn wind up with? 4? 5?

That was the turning point. Now, every time Hellebyuck touches the puck, he'll be seeing Robert Thomas in his mind's eye.

It took the Jets' best players doing their best to beat us in WPG - when the team comes unglued, I don't think Connor and Schiefle can right the ship.

Blues in 6.

[MrPostman01]

Another: At fire tv, sports. hockey. blues, the Winnipeg jet locked on dude won't be talking smack and haley taylor simon is still awol.

[11WSChamps]

Someone stuck a foot in Buch's backside apparently..

That's one "takeaway".

As I said before the Blues have the best goaltender in the series.

Tie the series on Sunday and the monkey the size of King Kong is squarely on the Jet's back.

[Harry S Deals]

Paging Brayden Schenn.....?

[smilinjoefission]

A near perfect game other than the Blues starting to get pushed around which I didn't like. Every game is a key to the next game, and I would have liked the Blues sending a 5-finger message to Stanley (who is big, but an absolute [shirt] fighter). I also didn't like the fact the refs tossed our captain, that was a bush league move. We'll see if this was the Game 5 1991 playoffs Vs the Red Wings type of game to spark the Blues.

[Harry S Deals]

Does anyone think the Blues tend to struggle during the long line change period

[netboy65]

Momentum is so huge in the playoffs, and the narrative plays a big part of it.

Hellebyuck chokes under pressure is what we keep hearing, and repeating. Hellebyuck can't play the puck. Hell, Rivers before the game joked with Federko that the Blues should just make him play the puck, since they'd probably be able to force a turnover.

The Jets survive the Blues onslaught in the first, play even hockey in the second, and have a chance to author a third straight third period comeback when they got a goal from the fourth line and briefly took the momentum and what does Hellebyuck do?

They absolutely unraveled after that. You could see the Jets start getting frustrated when they lost the goal-line glove save call (looked like a goal to me, but also didn't look conclusive enough to overturn the no-goal call on the ice), but they completely lost it afterwards. How many minors did Luke Schenn wind up with? 4? 5?

That was the turning point. Now, every time Hellebyuck touches the puck, he'll be seeing Robert Thomas in his mind's eye.

It took the Jets' best players doing their best to beat us in WPG - when the team comes unglued, I don't think Connor and Schiefle can right the ship.

Blues in 6.

Down 3-0 is not exactly “surviving the onslaught” it’s succumbing to it.

[blues2112]

At 3-0 in first, Binnington went right to left and robbed Jets player on one-timer.

Complexion of game changes if that goes in.

[seattleblue]

Momentum is so huge in the playoffs, and the narrative plays a big part of it.

Hellebyuck chokes under pressure is what we keep hearing, and repeating. Hellebyuck can't play the puck. Hell, Rivers before the game joked with Federko that the Blues should just make him play the puck, since they'd probably be able to force a turnover.

The Jets survive the Blues onslaught in the first, play even hockey in the second, and have a chance to author a third straight third period comeback when they got a goal from the fourth line and briefly took the momentum and what does Hellebyuck do?

They absolutely unraveled after that. You could see the Jets start getting frustrated when they lost the goal-line glove save call (looked like a goal to me, but also didn't look conclusive enough to overturn the no-goal call on the ice), but they completely lost it afterwards. How many minors did Luke Schenn wind up with? 4? 5?

That was the turning point. Now, every time Hellebyuck touches the puck, he'll be seeing Robert Thomas in his mind's eye.

It took the Jets' best players doing their best to beat us in WPG - when the team comes unglued, I don't think Connor and Schiefle can right the ship.

Blues in 6.

While I don't know if it is, this is what I want to be true. I mean the 6th goal was a goal where you saw the Winnipeg Jets' soul leave their body. The apotheosis of a beatdown goal