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Blues host Predators, hoping to even the series

April 28, 2017, 6:36 PM ET [24 Comments]
Jason Millen
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Sorry all but work dominated the day.

The Blues will look to continue to dominate 5v5 play and be more disciplined, building on their third period. I'll have a recap of games 1 and 2 tomorrow morning. They need to play through all of the interference and holding that the Predators are doing. They need to adjust to the standard of the referees of the night.

I can report from what I have heard that Kevin Fiala's surgery went well. Others have reported that he has already been up and walking and will likely even travel back to Nashville with the team. This is consistent with the reports I heard as well. He was in good hands after the injury and we all are wishing him well.

Ivan Barbashev is moving back into the lineup with first round hero Magnus Paajarvi going out. Paajarvi struggled both in execution and decision making in the first two periods. It doesn't surprise me that he is getting a night off.

Here is the Blues projected lineup:
Schwartz – Stastny – Tarasenko
Steen – Berglund - Perron
Barbashev - Lehtera - Sobotka
Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves
Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
Edmundson - Parayko
Gunnarsson - Bortuzzo
Allen

As a quick aside, if you are not watching the Penguins/Capitals series, you should be. I only got to see the last 4 minutes or so last night and WOW. Marc Andre Fleury made a flurry of unreal saves to preserve the win in the last few minutes.

It’s a great day for hockey.

Fellow Hockeybuzz blogger Minnesota Wild's Dan Wallace agreed to a 1st round, friendly charity wager. Since the Blues won, Dan will be making a donation to Dream Factory St. Louis (http://dreamfactoryincstl.org/). Dream Factory grants dreams to critically and chronically ill children from the ages of three to eighteen. They have one of the highest program expenditure ratios I have ever seen, an amazing 97% is used for actual program services. Usually, more than 3% is used for administrative and fundraising efforts but not at Dream Factory.

Fellow Hockeybuzz blogger Nashville Predator's Paul McCann has agreed to continue to pay it forward with me with a bet on this series with the Predators. Paul has chosen Best Buddies of Tennessee (https://bestbuddies.org/find-programs/tennessee/) as his charity. Best Buddies works to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and development capabilities.
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