Series at a glance
No. 2 St. Louis Blues vs. No. 7 Minnesota Wild
Records: 51-24-7; 46-28-8
Home: 27-12-2; 22-13-6
Away: 24-12-5; 24-15-2
*Season series: 2-2; 2-1-1
Goals per game: 2.91 (fifth in NHL); 2.77 (13th)
Goals against per game: 2.40 (fifth); 2.42 (sixth)
Goal differential: +47 (third); +30 (seventh)
Shots per game: 30.9 (11th); 30.8 (T-12th)
Shots against per game: 27.2 (second); 27.6 (fourth)
Power play: 22.3 (fourth); 15.8 (27th)
Penalty kill: 83.7 (eighth); 86.3 (first)
5-on-5 for: 160 (seventh); 168 (fifth)
5-on-5 against: 137 (10th); 145 (17th)
Faceoff winning .pct: 53.4 (second); 49.9 (15th)
Penalty minutes: 904 (fourth); 728 (22nd)
* Wild outscored the Blues 13-10
Leaders
Goals: Blues — Vladimir Tarasenko 37, Jaden Schwartz 28, David Backes 26, Alex Steen 24; Wild — Zach Parise 33, Nino Niederreiter 24, Thomas Vanek and Jason Zucker 21.
Assists: Blues — Steen 40, Alex Pietrangelo 39; Wild — Jason Pominville and Ryan Suter 36, Mikko Koivu 31.
Points: Blues — Tarasenko 73, Steen 64, Schwartz 63; Wild — Parise 62, Pominville 54, Vanek 52.
Power-play goals: Blues — Backes 10; Wild — Parise 11.
Penalty minutes: Blues — Ryan Reaves 116, Backes 104; Wild — Marco Scandella 56, Ryan Carter 55.
Time on ice: Blues — Pietrangelo 25:24; Wild — Suter 29:03.
Starting goalies
Blues: Jake Allen 22-7-4, 2.28 goals-against average, .913 save percentage, four shutouts.
Wild: Devan Dubnyk 36-14-4, 2.07 goals-against average, .929 save percentage, six shutouts.
MICHAEL RUSSO