St. Louis Blues’ sniper Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice in the first period to give the Blues a 2-0 lead.
The 23-year-old opened the scoring tipping home an Alex Steen feed at 13:18 for his first of the playoffs.
Less than five minutes later, Tarasenko caught Devan Dubnyk off the post just enough to sneak a shot short side on the Wild starter.
Steen and defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk have the assists on both goals.
Kevin Shattenkirk has an assist on every goal the Blues have scored so far in this series.
— Tom Timmermann (@tomtimm) April 18, 2015