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Game recap: St. Louis 4, Wild 0

The Blues had the edge in special teams and rolled past the hosts in Game 1 of the NHL playoff series.

By Chris Miller

May 3, 2022 at 4:18AM
David Perron of the Blues celebrated his second goal on Monday night. (Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

STAR TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS

David Perron, St. Louis: The pesky right winger scored three power-play goals.

Ville Husso, St. Louis: Posted a shutout in his first playoff game with 37 saves.

Torey Krug, St. Louis: The defenseman ran a nifty power play and had three assists.

BY THE NUMBERS

0-4 The Wild's all-time record in Game 1 playoff games at home.

0-for-6 The Wild on the power play.

116 Playoff games for Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury before he faced his first penalty shot. Ivan Barbashev missed.

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Chris Miller

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Chris Miller supervises coverage of professional sports teams. He has been at the Minnesota Star Tribune since 1999 and is a former sports editor of the Duluth News-Tribune and the Mesabi Daily News.

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