"I was happy that they kept icing the puck," Couture said. "I was a little tired, I had been out there for 30 minutes. [Alex] Pietrangelo kept icing it, gave me some time to catch my breath. I think a couple of us were tired, so we were happy that he kept icing it. [Joe Thornton] made a good play on the wall, kind of a battle, their guy threw it at the net, we were able to outnumber him. The puck came loose a little bit, and I think I got my stick on it before [Jordan] Binnington could cover it."
Pietrangelo said the icing calls were just a series of bounces that didn't go the Blues' way.
"You are just trying to make a hard play," the St. Louis captain said. "They've got the extra guy. You're hoping to get a bounce. It's kind of hard when there are guys on you. Sometimes when you flip it up like that, it spins back. Sometimes, it goes forward. Again, a game of inches."
Thornton had two goals and an assist for the Sharks, and Jones made 28 saves.