Blues take 目的（とする） at winning first Stanley Cup
ST. LOUIS -- Gamesmanship has been one of the big storylines in the Stanley Cup Final. After Game 3, when the Boston Bruins 大勝するd the St. Louis Blues 7-2 to earn a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, St. Louis coach Craig Berube 非難するd the 公式の／役人s for calling the games too tightly.
いっそう少なく than a week later, Boston coach Bruce Cassidy has pulled that card from the motivational deck in an 試みる／企てる to save his team's season. 負かす／撃墜する 3-2 in the series after 4-2 and 2-1 勝利，勝つs the past two games by the Blues, Cassidy said the series' narrative changed after Berube's comments.
The Bruins are 直面するing 排除／予選 Sunday night in Game 6 at what should be a 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d-up 企業 中心. The cheapest ticket on the open market, によれば StubHub, is going for more than $2,000. St. Louis can become the first team in four years to 勝利，勝つ the Cup on its ice, and can also 勝利，勝つ the Cup for the first time in its 52-year history.
And ironically, if the Bruins are looking for an example of how to 扱う adversity after a 議論の的になる no-call such as the trip on Noel Acciari in Game 5 that led to David Perron's game-winning goal, they can look at the Blues' （法廷の）裁判.
On May 15, St. Louis lost 5-4 in overtime in Game 3 of the Western 会議／協議会 決勝戦 against San Jose. The winning goal （機の）カム moments after an unpenalized 手渡す pass by Timo Meier. 新人 goalie Jordan Binnington and 中心 Brayden Schenn each swung sticks off the glass in 失望／欲求不満.
Instead of ranting and raving as Cassidy did after Thursday night's loss, Berube told his team to move on. There were still games to play, a series to 勝利，勝つ, a Cup to 勝利，勝つ. The Blues won the next three games and reached this point, something Cassidy 公式文書，認めるd on Friday.
"That one really went against them, and they 押し進めるd on," he said of St. Louis. "High character in that locker room. We have the same high character. I 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う we'll put it behind us. Our play should define us, not a call."
To that en d, Boston's play the past two games hasn't been good enough. The Blues' physical style is bothering the Bruins, 軍隊ing 重要な mistakes that 勝利，勝つd up in the 支援する of the 逮捕する. Binnington has starred the past two games, coming up with 38 saves Thursday night.
Most importantly, St. Louis has been the better team in 5-on-5 play. And the Bruins' potent 力／強力にする play is 0-for-5 in the past two games, a 示すd contrast to their 4-for-4 業績／成果 on 4 発射s in Game 3.
Whether it was a different narrative or 簡単に better play by the Blues, they stand on the cusp of history. They were the worst team in the NHL at 中央の-season. They now need just one more 勝利，勝つ to 完全にする an improbable turnaround.
"We know what Sunday is," said captain Alex Pietrangelo, "but the group is 静める and we've done a really good 職業 of refocusing after games."
St. Louis will have to play without fourth-liner Ivan Barbashev, who drew a one-game 中断 from the league for a check to the 長，率いる of Marcus Johansson in Game 5. The play wasn't penalized.
--By Bucky Dent, Field Level マスコミ
