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Blues Jump To 2nd Wild Card Spot With Win In Chicago

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St. Louis Blues

(44-31-6, 94 pts)

4

35 SOG

FINAL

United Center

Chicago Blackhawks

(33-38-10, 76 pts)

1

20 SOG

 

3 Stars

1. Patrik Berglund

2. Jaden Schwartz

3. Patrick Sharp

Box Score

 

1st

2nd

3rd

T

STL

1

0

3

4

CHI

0

0

1

1

Season Series

Oct. 18 – STL, 5 vs. CHI, 2

Mar. 18 – STL, 5 at CHI, 4 (OT)

Apr. 4 – STL, 3 vs. CHI, 4

Apr. 6 – STL, 4 at CHI, 1

Blue Notes

-With their victory tonight, the Blues now have 94 points and have taken over the 2nd Wild Card spot (Colorado has 93 points)

-The Blues will visit the Colorado Avalanche tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. (central) (FOX Sports Midwest & KMOX 1120 AM), and can clinch the 2nd Wild Card spot with any win or an OT or shootout loss

-The Blues went 3-1-0 against Chicago this season and are 4-2-0 in their last 6 games against the Blackhawks

-Carter Hutton stopped 19 of the 20 shots he faced in his first start since Mar. 3 at Dallas. Hutton is 7-1-3 with a 1.88 GAA, a .937 SV%, and 1 shutout in 11 road starts this season

-Patrik Berglund scored his 15th, 16th, and 17th goals of the season for his second career hat trick. Berglund recorded his 4th game-winning goal of the season, 1 shy of his career-high of 5, set in his last two seasons

-Berglund has 9 points in his last 10 games (8g, 1a) and has a 3-game point streak at Chicago (4g, 1a)

-Jaden Schwartz scored his 23rd goal of the season and now has 57 points this season, the second highest total of his career (had 63 points in 2014-15)

-Kyle Brodziak recorded his 22nd and 23rd assists, tying his career-high, also set in 2009-10 with Minnesota. Brodziak has a 3-game assist streak (5a) and has 9 assists in his last 10 games overall

-Joel Edmundson recorded his 10th assist of the season and now has double digit assist in back-to-back years (12 assists last season)

-Robert Bortuzzo recorded his 9th assist of the season and has a 3-game point streak (1g, 2a) for just the second time in his career. Bortuzzo is 1 assist shy of tying his career-high of 10, set in 2013-14 with Pittsburgh

-Brayden Schenn recorded his 41st assist and has a 3-game point streak against Chicago (1g, 3a)

Blues Milestones

-Alex Pietrangelo dressed in his 616th career game, tying Bob Plager for 2nd among defensemen on the Blues all-time franchise list

Up Next

-The Blues will visit the Colorado Avalanche tomorrow April 7, at 8 p.m. (central) at Pepsi Center for the final game of the regular season

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