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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1766543" data-attributes="member: 3916">[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-lay-an-egg-in-5-1-home-loss-to-wild/article_30d2c2d1-651b-537f-9bed-af1815fcbed4.html[/URL]<a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas" target="_blank">Jim Thomas</a>There were rally towels to be waved. The pregame light show was different and fun. In a pleasant surprise, Hall of Famer Bernie Federko – wearing a Blues jersey – came out to bang a drum, leading a cheers of “Let’s Go Blues.”Except the Blues didn’t go anywhere.Once again, they fell behind early. And once again, their high-scoring offense couldn’t get going in a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Friday at Enterprise Center.“Obviously, a tough one,” veteran center Tyler Bozak said. “They got a quick couple goals early which is not the way you want to start. . . .We knew it was gonna be a long series. It was gonna be adversity, ups and downs.”Well adversity has arrived at Clark Avenue and Brett Hull Way, and if the Blues don’t respond quickly it will not be a long series. The Blues are halfway down the road to elimination in their opening round playoff series against the Wild – down two games to one.Getting behind the St. Louis defense repeatedly for either breakaways or 2-on-1’s, the Wild were up 2-0 just 138 seconds into the game or before most fans (of drinking age) had finished off that first malted beverage.“I think it was definitely deflating for us,” said captain Ryan O’Reilly, who accounted for the only St. Louis goal, which came after the team was done 4-0. “But we’re a veteran team and we should’ve responded better. Bounces are going to happen. We came out with great energy, feeding off the building, and I thought we did some things well, but maybe got too excited offensively.”</blockquote>

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