"I think the bite in us, the intensity within the group is something that's different this year," St. Louis left wing Alexander Steen said. "We know what we're capable of, and I think we've shown that in the first five games here in the series. I think we've played some really good hockey. But in saying that, there's a couple of areas where we can improve even more and hope to get the [win] tomorrow night."
The largest lead in this series has been two goals, twice by the Blackhawks (Games 2 and 5) and once by the Blues (Game 4), that have lasted a total of 18:16 out of 332:14.
"I don't know that anybody has an upper hand in this series, there's so much equality and everything I guess would be the best word," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. "I said before, there's not much difference in anything. I think we would take it in a heartbeat. I think knowing that if this is the small advantage that we get to have, then it's pretty impressive. We know that neither team is in control of anything right now other than you get to play the next game."
The Blues lost a Game 5 for the fourth straight time in as many years, three in overtime with either a chance to take the series lead or win it. Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane scored at 3:07 of the second overtime Thursday.