Written by Todd Panula at BleedinBlue.com
The St. Louis Blues have made a knack of coming from behind against the Chicago Blackhawks. They did it once more and the victory couldn’t have been bigger for the team
Coming off what Blues fans perceived as one of the worst officiated games in recent history (some Blues fans would say ever), it was a much needed boost. In typical Blues fashion though, they never made it easy.
Things didn’t get off to a spectacular start for the Blues. They took several early penalties, some of which were questionable and some of which were accurate, and all of it got the juices flowing for fans who were already rubbed raw by the officiating in the last game.
Anyone with any sense knew you couldn’t keep giving Chicago power plays and the Blackhawks would make the Blues pay right off the bat. Brent Seabrook took a shot that was deflected by a St. Louis stick and it went top shelf over Brian Elliott for an early 1-0 lead.
After killing off two consecutive silly penalties, including one where Jay Bouwmeester tried to play the puck while coming out of the penalty box, the Blues were finally able to settle into the game. It wouldn’t take too long after for them to get on the board either.
Proving the old saying that no shot is a bad one, Colton Parayko fired a shot that would have made Al MacInnis proud and it knicked off a Blackhawks’ stick to knot the game up at a goal apiece.
For whatever reason, be it weariness or the long change, the Blues just always seem to struggle a bit in the second period and it was no different on this day. The Blues did have 13 shots, but allowed 24 and couldn’t seem to clear the puck with consistency either.
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