GDT Game 1: 5/15/16 | 7:00PM CST | v Sharks | NBCSN/Y98

[Portland Blues]

Well that lead didn't last long.

[Portland Blues]

Ott's first dumb penalty.

[Robb_K]

Cheap call on Ott. That was a little tap. The refs had been letting those go. This is a must kill. And they DO kill it!

[Robb_K]

Great kill! The Blues had the best of the play for much of The 1st, but are only tied. They'd better come out determined in The 2nd!

[Robb_K]

Lehtera blasts it by Jones!!! Blues lead 2-1!!!

He also fought off the defender's stick holding his down, with a lot of strength, to get that shot off!

[Robb_K]

Super save by Elliott on a quick shot by Pavelski! Preserves the lead!

[Robb_K]

What a super move by Tarasenko! It's one of those midget "through the defender's legs" moves that doesn't usually work on The NHL level. Too bad no teammate was there to get the rebound.

[Robb_K]

Nice diving knockaway of the puck from Burns, preventing a last shot! Nice to see him hustle on defence.

The Blues are lucky to get out of The 2nd with a 1-goal lead. They ran out of gas. I hope they can keep up with The Sharks in The 3rd. I don't want to see them only falling back and icing the puck constantly.

[Portland Blues]

Dodged a bullet in the 2nd. Seemed like all Sharks and they were in our end about 18 minutes of the period. Somehow we ended up scoring the only goal that period.

[Portland Blues]

Fabbri should have shot there.

[Robb_K]

Great kill off by The Blues! And now they are on The PP! Let's get a 2-goal lead!

[Portland Blues]

C'mon! How any faceoffs have they redone tonight.

[Portland Blues]

Wish we would have cashed in that PP. A little leery of trying to hold a 2-1 lead for the last 6 minutes.

[Robb_K]

Great save by Elliott! Preserving the lead! Off the post off his arm.

[Portland Blues]

Freaking chaos in the crease...

[Portland Blues]

Holy smokes.

[JCShutout]

YES!!!

[glen a richter]

Right score, wrong duration. I'll take it anyway!

[Robb_K]

Another great save by Elliott!

Blues win!!! After a valiant effort of shot blocking and racing around to keep The Sharks from getting off shots!!!

Great win!!!

[glen a richter]

Sharks won't want to go down 2-0, so watch out for headhunting in game 2. May want to start Reaves.