Three Takeaways From Blues’ 7-4 Win Against Predators
ST. LOUIS – Even prior to their 4-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday, the St. Louis Blues felt they had been building something.
They were on a three-game skid (0-2-1) but offensively challenged.
The Blues broke out in a big way on Friday against the Nashville Predators, with Robert Thomas leading the way with two goals, Cam Fowler had a goal and two assists and Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist to extend his home point streak to 13 games in a 7-4 win against the Predators at Enterprise Center.
Dylan Holloway had two assists to give him five points (three goals, two assists) the past two games, and Joel Hofer improved to 5-0-1 his past six starts with 26 saves for the Blues (17-16-4), who are 2-0-1 the past three games.
Philip Broberg, Colton Parayko (shorthanded, empty net) and Zack Bolduc also scored for the Blues, who scored a season-high four goals in the first period.
“I though the speed of the game was good,” Blues coach Jim Montgomery said. “I thought our habits and details, which are what you’re looking for after a three-day break like that, that we just keep getting better and I thought we did. I thought our checking skills got better, I thought we started hanging onto pucks more and I thought our passing was pretty good all night.
“I liked our entries, our middle lane driver puck support, our willingness to be patient as the game drew on. I thought we were a little impatient in the first period. I thought we were at the net.”
Let’s get into the Three Takeaways:
* Balanced scoring, led by Robert Thomas – The Blues had six different goal scorers in the game and 10 players get onto the scoresheet. That’s the way the Blues are going to be successful and win.
Thomas was a force to be reckoned with and scored two beauties.
He opened things up with a steal and score, 1:20 into the game to game it 1-0:
Bolduc scored a beautiful goal using the defenseman as a screen along with a driving Oskar Sundqvist to the net, making it 2-0 at 2:47…
