Nilsson was something last night, eh... Nice pickup...

Some guys start growing their playoff beards. Some guys start getting that laser focus for the playoffs. Backes gets ready by practicing his post game interviews after not showing up for the game. This is from last night... “Our focus in our play can be better,” Blues captain David Backes said. “This is on our shoulders. We beat four good teams last week, and these two points were just as valuable as any two in those games. We just didn’t bring it with 20 guys tonight. I’ll take blame for that.”

On the bright side, scoring is up a little. They seem to be playing at a high level against the better teams. On the negative side, they still seem to lack that killer instinct to put games away and to mop up weaker teams. They now lead the NHL in giving up 6 on 5 goals at the end of games. And how many sub-.500 teams have they lost to this year?

Still trying to decide if I can watch the first round of the playoffs...