The St. Louis Blues were among the playoff teams retested for COVID-19 on Wednesday after the league received potential false positive tests on Tuesday, per.
Hours before the start of Wednesday s postseason action, the NHL confirmed the Blues and Vegas Golden Knights were both impacted by "false positive" tests.
MacKinnon records hat trick, Avs beat Blues 6-3 in Game 2
He treated them along with a boisterous crowd chanting “M-V-P” to quite a show.
MacKinnon capped his first career playoff hat trick with an empty-net goal to help the Colorado Avalanche pull away late for a 6-3 win over St. Louis in Game 2 on Wednesday night after the Blues avoided a pregame virus scare that nearly sidelined several players.
“They’ve been with me every step of the way,” MacKinnon said of his parents. “I’m so glad they got to get up here.”
The speedy forward always seems to raise his game this time of year. The difficult-to-defend MacKinnon now has five goals and two assists in a series the Avalanche lead 2-0.
Colorado Avalanche (39-13-4, first in the West Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (27-20-9, fourth in the West Division) St. Louis; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blues +182, Avalanche -224 BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis will try to keep its three-game win streak going when the Blues take on Colorado. The Blues have gone 27-20-9 […]
May 20, 2021 - 12:11 AM
Colorado Avalanche (39-13-4, first in the West Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (27-20-9, fourth in the West Division)
St. Louis; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis will try to keep its three-game win streak going when the Blues take on Colorado.
The Blues have gone 27-20-9 against division opponents. St. Louis has scored 36 power-play goals, converting on 23.2% of chances.
The Avalanche are 39-13-4 in division play. Colorado leads the league with 6.3 assists per game, led by Nathan MacKinnon averaging 0.9.
In their last meeting on April 26, St. Louis won 4-1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan O Reilly leads the Blues with 24 goals, adding 30 assists and collecting 54 points. David Perron has five goals over the last 10 games for St. Louis.