The St. Louis Blues are done celebrating their first-round victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, and it's time to get on with the business of confronting the Dallas Stars in the second round.
While the Blues appeared fairly competitive in dropping a 2-1 decision in the series opener Friday night, Ken Hitchcock's team was not at its best in that game.
The Blues don't want to return home Tuesday trailing 2-0 in the series, and if they are going to avoid that fate, they have to pick up a road win against the Stars Sunday afternoon.
If that happens, they are going to need a better effort from sharpshooter Vladimir Tarasenko, who was held off the scoresheet in the opener and had just three shots on goal.
Dallas head coach Lindy Ruff said Tarasenko is in the forefront of the Stars' defensive plans in this series.
"Well, obviously he's the one guy that we got a radar on, that we know when he's out there, we want to make sure we don't give him much ice," Ruff told Louie Korac of NHL.com. "I thought for the most part we didn't make any mistakes that allowed any big rush plays when he was out there."
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