This time, the St. Louis Blues didn’t get away with playing an uninspired home game against the San Jose Sharks.
That seems to be the takeaway from Ken Hitchcock after watching the Sharks beat his Blues 4-0 in Game 2 to tie the series 1-1.
“We seem to want to play a little different at home than we do on the road,” Hitchcock said. “We got away with it in Game 1 and didn’t get away with it today at all. They were much better than us probably in every aspect, especially on special teams.”
"Quite frankly, we're fortunate that it's 1-1.We'll take 1-1 right now with the way that we've played." Ken Hitchcock (2/3 it turns out)
— Ken Wiebe (@WiebesWorld) May 18, 2016
Hitchcock noted that the Blues “don’t have the foot-speed of other teams” and didn’t feel great about the way St. Louis managed the puck.
He believes they can “clean up” issues on the PK and, in general, “catch up.”
On the other end, Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer bragged about a strength that might be on San Jose’s side rather than on the side of the Blues.