The St. Louis Blues hoped to wash the horrible taste from their mouth after another embarrassing loss in Chicago. Doing it against a Utah team that owns the Blues was not going to be an easy task.
In terms of effort, things were good for the Blues right off the get-go. St. Louis had a good start again, including some physicality and even a fight for Alexey Toropchenko.
However, like in Chicago, the start didn't matter. Despite outshooting the Utah Mammoth 13-6, the Blues finished the first period down 1-0. Nick Schmaltz knocked in Clayton Keller's rebound for the goal at 15:10.