• The Devils tilted the ice in their favor at the start of the second period. New Jersey outshot the Blues by an 11-1 count in the middle frame. In fact, the Blues only registered one shot in a 30:46-minute span stretching the entire second period and 10:46 minutes into the third period.

Blues came ready to play from puck drop, Devils did not; Binnington kept fort clean, especially in second period; St. Louis committed to shot blocking, limiting New Jersey puck possession to dots on o