Blues defeat Wild in Game 6, win Western First Round series

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueJordan Binnington made 25 saves, and Tyler Bozak scored the game-deciding goal, as the Blues advanced to the Second Round with a 5-1 Game 6 winST. LOUIS -- Jordan Binnington made 25 saves, and the St. Louis Blues eliminated the Minnesota Wild with a 5-1 win in Game 6 of the Western Conference First Round at Enterprise Center on Thursday.Vladimir Tarasenko scored his fourth goal in two games for the Blues, who advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to face the Colorado Avalanche. That's a great test for us and should prepare us well for the next round."Video: MIN@STL, Gm6: Tarasenko's nifty power-play goalIt was Binnington's third straight win of the series after he replaced Ville Husso, who started Games 1-3."We had a good first period and kind of weathered the storm," Binnington said. Likely the difference obviously in the game."The Blues outshot the Wild 21-5 in the second period when they scored three times.Ryan O'Reilly's power-play goal at 9:26 made it 2-0, a shot from the slot after a pass from Brayden Schenn at the goal line.Video: MIN@STL, Gm6: O'Reilly finishes Schenn's feed for PPGBozak made it 3-0 at 13:25 when he picked up a loose puck in the crease after Alexei Toropchenko's power move off the right edge.Tarasenko's power-play goal made it 4-0 at 18:36 when he was able to keep a puck alive off a clearing pass at the blue line, then took Perron's cross-ice pass and beat Talbot with a wrist shot from the right circle.Matt Dumba scored for Minnesota at 6:51 of the third to make it 4-1 on a one-time slap shot from the high slot.Colton Parayko scored into an empty net at 18:19 to make it a 5-1 final."We knew it was going to be tough to close these guys out," O'Reilly said. 'Leds' makes a great play and a great goal and that just kind of helped us to kind of settle down and build our game after them kind of thinking they outplayed us going into the second.