The St. Louis Blues were looking to advance to the Western Conference Final for the second consecutive year for the first time.
The Nashville Predators had other ideas and advanced to their first conference final by winning 3-1 in Game 6 of the Western Conference Second Round at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Sunday.
Here are 5 reasons the Blues were eliminated:
5 Reasons: Why Blues were eliminated
Poor power play, Alexander Steen's broken foot among factors that led to St. Louis losing to Predators in second round
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