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Three months ago, most St. Louis Blues fans were ready to run goalie Jake Allen out of town. Allen is the main reason the Blues, whose major January swoon got their coach fired, are one win away from sweeping the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the NHL playoffs. Allen has stopped 114 of 117 shots in the series for a .974 save percentage. Continue to Article

April 19, 2017 2:50:am EST

Beyond the fact that they scored only three goals in losing the first three games of their series against the St. Louis Blues, the Minnesota Wild should be concerned about another statistic as they prepare for Game 4 on Wednesday night. The Blues built that 3-0 lead in the first-round Western Conference playoff series without getting any goals from their leading scorer, right winger Vladimir Tarasenko. There has been something more important to Tarasenko in this series than his lack of goals, however. Continue to Article

April 18, 2017 9:37:pm EST

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Blues forward Paul Stastny skated for the first time in a month on Tuesday after missing the last 13 games with a lower-body injury. Coach Mike Yeo said Stastny is day to day. St. Louis is up 3-0 in its first-round series against the Continue to Article

April 18, 2017 1:37:pm EST

In full disclosure, I picked the Minnesota Wild to defeat the St. Louis Blues. In full disclosure, I did this because I trusted Jake Allen as a winning postseason goaltender about as much as I trust my willpower with a Taco Bell drive-thru in my peripheral vision at 2 a.m. Continue to Article

April 17, 2017 11:29:am EST

ST. LOUIS - Jake Allen heard the chants from the 19,334 from the Scottrade Center faithful on Sunday. How could he not? They were deafening. For the third time in as many games, Allen has been spectacular, and he has the Blues in the cusp of a playoff series sweep nobody expected. Allen made 40 saves in a 3-1 win against the Minnesota Wild in Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round at Scottrade Center. The Blues lead the best-of-7 series 3-0. Game 4 is Wednesday in St. Louis. Allen has stopped 114 of 117 shots in the three games and has a 0.91 goals-against average and .974 save percentage, and on multiple occasions, chants of 'AL-LEN!, AL-LEN!, AL-LEN!' shook the rafters of the building. Continue to Article

April 17, 2017 7:24:am EST