The Blues spent the final minutes of Game 4 in much the same situation as Game 3, trying to withstand pressure from the Sharks, icing the puck a few times and barely missing on an empty-net goal. Although they were able to hold off the Sharks on Friday, they know they have to avoid getting on their heels in Game 5.
"We have to [have] a more consistent game," Blues forward Ryan O'Reilly said. "We need a similar start to [Game 4] where we have all lines going, we're skating, we're physical. When we do that, we wear them down, we make it hard on their [defense] and we get chances off it."