Blues-Wild booked for 1st round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
The St. Louis Blues picked up two points Saturday night in a shootout win, and that means two things: They're locked into third in the Central Division, and they'll face the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the playoffs.
The Wild have home ice.
Mike Yeo, now head coach of the Blues after Ken Hitchcock was relieved of his duties earlier in the season, will face his former team. Yeo spent four-and-a-half years behind the Wild bench, from 2011 to 2016.
Yeo playing Wild: "I'm sure it's going to turn into quite a story. It's funny in sports, these stories seem to have a way of coming around.
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) April 9, 2017
Yeo cont'd: "But for me it's not me against them. It's our group with a real tough opponent in the way of what we're trying to accomplish."
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) April 9, 2017
The clubs last met in the postseason in 2015, also in the first round, with the Wild winning in six games.
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