BOSTON - To a man, the Blues say they need to be a lot better in Game 2.
"We know what our best game looks like and we're confident we can win," Blues forward Ryan O'Reilly said. "We know the first one wasn't what we wanted, and we're going to respond and tie the series up. That's our plan and we're just going to keep taking it one at a time."
The Blues led 2-0 in Game 1 on Monday night thanks to goals from Brayden Schenn and Vladimir Tarasenko, but the club got into penalty trouble and the Bruins were able to get back into it after that. A power-play goal by Charlie McAvoy tied the game and gave the Bruins all the momentum they would need en route to a 4-2 win.
"It takes a lot of guys out of the game and that burns up a lot of energy from other guys that are killing all the time," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said of taking too many penalties. "It's too much. We've got to be better there. We've got to be more disciplined."
The Blues lost Game 1 in the Western Conference Final in San Jose and rallied back to win in six games, so the club is confident they can overcome Monday's loss.
"I go off the last series against San Jose," Berube said. "It wasn't our best game, we lost Game 1, but I thought Game 2 we were a lot better. I expect the same thing. I think we're going to get a much better game (Wednesday). We've got to be a lot more desperate in our game, especially throughout the whole game."
