The St. Louis Blues are in desperate need of a win tonight to avoid falling behind 2-0 in their second round series to the L.A. Kings, and through a period, it's not looking good for Ken Hitchcock's team. St. Louis trails 4-0 after the first period at the Scottrade Center.
It only took :31 seconds for LA to get the scoring started. Mike Richards scored his second goal of the postseason off an assist from Dustin Penner to put the Kings up 1-0. That's how it would stay until the six minute mark in the period when Anze Kopitar added a shorthanded goal. Jeff Carter made it 3-0 with his first goal of the playoffs with a 1:30 remaining in the first period. Kopitar scored again with :17 seconds remaining to make it 4-0 Los Angeles.
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