Preview: Game 4 vs. Colorado

GAME 4 VS. COLORADO

The St. Louis Blues will be facing elimination Sunday when they host the Colorado Avalanche for Game 4 of their first-round matchup (4 p.m., BSMW, NBCSN, 101 ESPN).
Tyler Bozak scored a shorthanded goal on Friday in Game 3, but the Blues dropped a 5-1 decision to the Avalanche in the first playoff game at Enterprise Center since Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 9, 2019.
"I liked the game in general. I thought we competed really hard," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said after Game 3. "I thought we had a ton of looks and offensive zone time. Got to score more… We got a good first period. Our team was ready to go. Our team didn't get down off that first goal (by Colorado). We've been though this before this year throughout the season. We know we can come back."

"I don't think the score represents the way the game went," Bozak added after Game 3. "I thought we created more than we have in the first two games. I thought we sustained a lot more time in the offensive zone and I thought we limited them a little bit, too."
On Saturday, Berube said it was doubtful that Justin Faulk (upper-body) and Robert Bortuzzo (upper-body) would play in Game 4. Jake Walman, who is no longer on the League's COVID protocol, is a possibility for Sunday.
"It's do-or-die time," Blues captain Ryan O'Reilly said. "We have to come together and find a way here. It's not gonna be easy, but our focus is on the next game."

THEY SAID IT

"I was on a team in Philadelphia when we were down 3-0 to Boston and we came back and beat them in the series. It can be done." - Craig Berube, on facing a 3-0 deficit
"Just take it a game at a time. If we get that win (Sunday), then I think the momentum flips and we gain some confidence as a group." - Robert Thomas, on whether Blues can come back to win

BLUE NOTES

The Blues recorded 46 hits in Game 3, which was their fourth-highest total in a postseason game since 2006… Jordan Binnington made his 34th career playoff start on Friday, which tied Greg Millen for second-most in Blues history… Kyle Clifford was on the last team that overcame a 3-0 series deficit to win a playoff series (Los Angeles Kings, 2014). Berube accomplished the feat as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010.