"Listen, the penalty kill did not get off to the right foot," Blues coach Craig Berube said. "We actually got it going in the right direction for a long time. It's hard to climb back up when you start off that bad, but we were really trending in the right direction. I believe that we will get that penalty kill straightened out. … Again, it's like defense, it's a mindset. It's hard to do penalty killing. It's a tough job. Defending's a tough job. Everybody wants to play with the puck and make plays and score goals, but defense is very important, and it's hard to win without playing good defense and penalty kill. They go hand in hand."