The St. Louis Blues had a nice bounce-back effort with a win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, but the problem was that Carolina was tired after playing back-to-back. Now, the Tampa Bay Lightning came to town on full rest.
The first 10-12 minutes of the first period didn't instill a lot of confidence that the end result would favor the Blues. The bulk of the play was in the Blues' end, and the Blues could barely get the puck.
Nevertheless, St. Louis managed to get the first goal of the game. Jake Neighbours got himself lost in the mix by reversing his own position from behind the net.