"Obviously there's a lot of emotions in these games, but we've got to do a better job as a team playing whistle to whistle, playing hard from the whistle to not worrying about the stuff after," Blues center Brayden Schenn said. "I feel like if we can do that, we're effective. If we're worrying about playing hockey and not that extra stuff, we've got to focus on that."
The Blues have spoken numerous times about staying out of the box and keeping the Bruins' top-ranked power play in the playoffs (34.0 percent) off the ice. They got by in Games 1 and 2, going 8-for-10 on the penalty kill, but Boston took full advantage in Game 3.
"They're playing hard, we're playing hard," Blues defenseman Colton Parayko said. "We understand how good they are on the power play. Obviously, they've got a good power-play team. We've just got to make sure we play between the whistles. Just obviously using our feet and using our sticks and our hips and just go from there."
Getting back center Oskar Sundqvist, who was suspended for Game 3, will help. But more than anything, not letting the emotions of the moment get in the way of keeping the game 5-on-5 will benefit the Blues greatly. St. Louis has outscored Boston 6-5 at 5-on-5 in three games.
"That game last night, it's a hard one to evaluate," Berube said. "The penalties, they get four power-play goals out of it, just 5-on-5, I didn't think we were bad in the game. But you know, the game gets out of reach, so it's a tough game to evaluate. We're going to be fine tomorrow. Our guys will be dialed in, ready to go. They've always responded well after a loss."
