Jori Lehtera scored an goal and got an assist, while goalie Brian Elliott made 38 saves in the Blues' 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. The Blues also got goals from Tarasenko, Paul Stastny, and Troy Brouwer. This was their first regulation win in four tries against the Wild and now move to 8-3-1 in their last twelve games at home. Well, that record is going to have to keep going. In the tight and competitive Central Division, every win is valuable.
As for the Wild, nothing can be going right right now. With this loss, they've lost 10 of their last 11 games. I haven't followed enough of this team this season to figure out what's wrong, but based on what I saw tonight, there's no scoring. And scoring is key in the Central. If you score, you get goals and you get leads and you get wins. The Wild sit near the bottom of the Central Division. They're going to have to pick up their offense if they want to get back into the playoff picture. Good news for them: They're only three points behind Colorado in the playoff hunt. Bad news: They gotta stop losing these games. If they keep going like this, they won't be seeing playoff hockey this year.
The Blues are on the right track and the offense is flying. The Wild are going in the wrong direction, but it hasn't hurt them yet. Two teams fighting for positions in the Central Division and boy, did it favor the Blues tonight.
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