Dubnyk, Wild beat Blues 2-0 to avoid elimination
ST. LOUIS — The Minnesota Wild got a break, and Charlie Coyle delivered.
Coyle scored off a miscue by Jake Allen, Devan Dubnyk made 28 saves and the Wild stayed alive with a 2-0 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night.
Dubnyk’s second playoff shutout came almost two years to the day of his first, also against the Blues on April 20, 2015. Martin Hanzal also scored for Minnesota in the second.
“Shutouts always feel good and I felt really good tonight,” Dubnyk said. “I felt that the guys did a really good job just allowing me to trust exactly what was going on in front of me, exactly what was open, what wasn’t, so I was able to square up to shots and hold onto rebounds.”