Finally, Jay Bouwmeester can breathe easy. For the first time in his NHL career, Bouwmeester will be heading to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Tuesday night, the Blues defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 at Scottrade Center. The win was the team's third straight at home, and the Blues got retribution for an awful 5-3 loss to the Avs.
A major success of the Blues was their power play. For the first time since Feb. 21, the Blues scored multiple times on the power play. This season, the power play has been really passive, but tonight showed good things can happen when you shoot the puck. Chris Stewart scored the 100th goal of his career on a tip from Jordan Leopold, and Patrik Berglund put another deflection past Semyon Varlamov.
Brian Elliott had a bounce-back game after letting in four goals on 19 shots by stopping 17 of Colorado's 18 shots. Elliott showed that he can still play well, even after a bad outing. Keeping his confidence is going to be huge for the rest of the regular season and the playoffs.
But the man of the night was Bouwmeester.
Bouwmeester came into the NHL drafted third over ...
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