at , Game 5Wild 4, Blues 1 | Wild lead series 3-2 | Preston Williams Jersey Game 6 SundayGame 5 in a nutshell: The Wild and bounced back in a big way after an embarra sing Game 4 to push the Blues to the brink of elimination. Minnesota pulled away in the second half of the second period with a pair of quick strikes following some great saves from Dubnyk. Despite out-shooting Minnesota 37-19, the Blues couldn't break through and didn't get the saves they needed from . Now they're headed back to Minnesota facing another early exit.Turning point: Devan Dubnyk's desperation save on in the second period kept the score 1-1 and opened the door for the Wild to turn the game around. After a great shift by Steen in which he forced a turnover to start the play, found Steen alone in front of the Wild net. got there as Steen struggled to corral the puck. That forced the Blues forward to have to hold his shot. Dubnyk got over and stuck his leg out to thwart Steen. Minutes later, the Wild scored twice over a 1:26 span to open up a 3-1 lead and suck the life from the building.Three things we learned 1. Devan Dubnyk is resilient. Simply put, he was terrible in Game 4. Nothing went right for him. In Game 5, he looked like the Vezina finalist that he is. These series can flip in an instant, so it is important to have a short memory. There were no ill effects when the Wild netminder Jesse Davis Jersey took his place between the pipes in St. Louis Friday night. He made 36 saves, including the huge on on Steen in the second period, to make sure his team had a chance despite being vastly out-shot.2. Wild head coach Mike Yeo deserves a lot of credit for what he ha s done with this team in this series. Regrouping from such an ugly lo s and responding with a win like this has a lot to do with the players, but the coach has to make sure the team is prepared. Yeo's adjustments in the game paid off as well. He moved some lines around, namely putting with and , and getting with and . Niederreiter scored the go-ahead goal a sisted by Stewart and Coyle scored the fourth with Zucker providing the screen. Those are such subtle moves, but they immediately paid off.3. The Blues are facing the prospects of an early postseason exit again. Now just one lo s away from a third consecutive first-round exit with arguably the best roster they've Austin Reiter Jersey had in St. Louis since the Chris Pronger-Al MacInnis era, the pre sure is on. It's on head coach Ken Hitchcock, it's on the core players that have been through this before and it's on big-money additions like . They know what it means. Dropping this series would be shattering. Now the pre sure is on and it is extremely unclear if this team can overcome it. They also Blake Ferguson Jersey may have to make a change in net after Jake Allen's struggles in Game 5. We'll find out what this team is really made of Sunday.Video of the game: Dubnyk's save on Steen was the key play of the game. Spurgeon's recovery helped make it po sible, but Dubnyk getting a pad on this one kept the game tied and was further proof that he was back to himself after such a dreadful Game 4.
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