Anchored by the line of Paul Stastny, Robby Fabbri and Troy Brouwer, who recorded a combined nine points, the St. Louis Blues dominated the Dallas Stars in Game 7 of the teams' Western Conference second-round matchup at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Wednesday night, winning 6-1.
The Blues will meet the winner of Thursday's game between the Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks in their first Western Conference Final since 2001.
While goaltender Brian Elliott's mishaps in net for St. Louis headlined Game 6, Game 7 saw Kari Lehtonen allow three goals on eight shots in the first period, putting Dallas in a big hole early.
The Blues got on the board first when the 20-year-old Fabbri pounded home a rebound on the power play five-and-a-half minutes into the game, via the NHL:
It was his third goal and his 11th point of the postseason, which tied Doug Gilmour's 1984 mark for third-most points by a rookie in team history. He would move past him later in the game.
Fabbri dispelled any notion for CBS Sports 920 AM's Frank Cusumano that the moment would be too big for h ...
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