Blues' Yeo: I'd be lying if I said beating Wild didn't feel pretty good

It was a big win on a number of levels.

For the St. Louis Blues, earning two points with Tuesday's victory over the division-leading Minnesota Wild kept them in good standing when it comes to a playoff spot.

And for head coach Mike Yeo, it was nice to beat his former team.

"I'd be lying if it didn't feel pretty good," Yeo said. "But in all honesty, I wanted this one for our group."

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The Wild fired Yeo as head coach late last season, and the Blues hired him to serve as an assistant to Ken Hitchcock with a view to taking over as bench boss in 2017-18.

That plan was expedited Feb. 1, putting Yeo in position to coach against the Wild on Tuesday for the first time since Minnesota let him go.

St. Louis currently sits 19 points behind the Wild, and, as the second wild-card team, would be matched up against Minnesota in the opening round of the playoffs.