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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1815312" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-show-signs-of-long-lost-resiliency-in-wins-over-vegas-san-jose/article_58d485fa-b89d-51f1-b443-7c9d4f3f5a58.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas" target="_blank">Jim Thomas</a></p><p></p><p>DENVER — During their franchise-record eight-game losing streak, the Blues made a habit out of turning hiccups into catastrophic events.</p><p>On seven occasions, starting with a 4-0 setback on Oct. 24 in Winnipeg that began the slide, the Blues allowed at least three goals in one period. (On two occasions, it was four goals.)</p><p>But in Thursday’s 5-3 victory over San Jose, followed by Saturday’s 3-2 triumph in Las Vegas, the Blues avoided the snowball effect. In other words, they didn’t let one bad play lead to two or three or four goals by the opposing team.</p><p>“Yeah, absolutely,” the Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly said, speaking specifically of the Vegas game. “That’s exactly what happened. We just kind of stuck with it. I think everyone on the bench was calm. Even when they made those pushes, there was no panic. Previously in the year, that’s when we’d kind of fall apart.</p><p></p><p>“But I think everyone — coaching staff, players —we were calm, took it one battle at a time to get out of it and got momentum back and found a way to win.”</p><p>Against San Jose, the Blues held leads of 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2 only to have the Sharks tie the game each time. But the Blues kept at it, kept scoring and eventually won the game.</p><p>Against Vegas, there were two key moments in which the Blues could have fallen through the trap door but didn’t:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1815312, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/blues-show-signs-of-long-lost-resiliency-in-wins-over-vegas-san-jose/article_58d485fa-b89d-51f1-b443-7c9d4f3f5a58.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jthomas']Jim Thomas[/URL] DENVER — During their franchise-record eight-game losing streak, the Blues made a habit out of turning hiccups into catastrophic events. On seven occasions, starting with a 4-0 setback on Oct. 24 in Winnipeg that began the slide, the Blues allowed at least three goals in one period. (On two occasions, it was four goals.) But in Thursday’s 5-3 victory over San Jose, followed by Saturday’s 3-2 triumph in Las Vegas, the Blues avoided the snowball effect. In other words, they didn’t let one bad play lead to two or three or four goals by the opposing team. “Yeah, absolutely,” the Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly said, speaking specifically of the Vegas game. “That’s exactly what happened. We just kind of stuck with it. I think everyone on the bench was calm. Even when they made those pushes, there was no panic. Previously in the year, that’s when we’d kind of fall apart. “But I think everyone — coaching staff, players —we were calm, took it one battle at a time to get out of it and got momentum back and found a way to win.” Against San Jose, the Blues held leads of 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2 only to have the Sharks tie the game each time. But the Blues kept at it, kept scoring and eventually won the game. Against Vegas, there were two key moments in which the Blues could have fallen through the trap door but didn’t: [/QUOTE]
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