'We knew they were going to come. They’re the defending Cup champs for a reason.' Now trailing only 2-1 after Sunday's OT win vs. the Canucks, the StLouisBlues are a more dangerous team. They now remember what winning is like. (Via imacSportsnet)
didn’t quite have their Stanley Cup lineup Sunday, but they had their championship game.for their mistakes. The Blues also had a goalie who could match Jacob Markstrom, as St. Louis coach Craig Berube played his ace card and replaced struggling starter Jordan Binnington with Jake Allen.
“We knew they were going to come,” Canucks captain Bo Horvat said. “They’re the defending Cup champs for a reason. They know what it takes to win and they definitely weren’t going to shy away from a fight.”“They’re going to push again and we’ve got to be ready for it,” Horvat said. “I think if we can come at them right off the start and get on them early and just play our game … a couple of times I think we were shying away from who we are, our identity.
If the Blues are now fully engaged – and are going to get more goaltending like Allen offered them Sunday – even the Canucks’ best may not be enough against the Stanley Cup winners. Less than Vancouver’s best will be hopelessly inadequate. Ryan O’Reilly, who has been dominant territorially, was allowed to attack the Canucks 2-on-2 after Vancouver turned the puck over at the St. Louis blue line. O’Reilly crossed with David Perron before dishing to his teammate, who beat Markstrom from a sharp angle to the far corner at 18:02.
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