The St. Louis Blues have remained markedly poised throughout their first-round clash with the Chicago Blackhawks and that didn't change Thursday when Patrick Kane rescued the opposition, forcing Game 6 in double overtime.
To wit, Alex Pietrangelo, the NHL's on-ice leader in the playoffs, savored in the opportunity of deposing the defending champions in their own barn.
"It's going to be fun to win it in Chicago," he said in his postgame scrum. "That's the game plan right now. Their backs are still against the wall. I think they're thinking the same thing right now."
His poise spoke similar to coach Ken Hitchcock, who took a serene approach in his postgame comments after Game 2 after a pair of video reviews went against the Blues, costing them a 2-0 stranglehold.
"The hockey gods are testing us right now," Pietrangelo added. "We'll get ready for Saturday."
