A huge chunk of the Scottrade Center crowd retreated to the concourse to watch the end of the Cards-Dodgers game on TVs under the stands.

The Cards had Game 2 of the National League Division Series in hand . . .…

Rolling four good lines, the Blues created pressure with their first shift and then kept after the Thrashers.

The Keith Tkachuk line struck first. On a tricky transition play, defnseman Barret Jackman threw a long outlet pass up to Brad Boyes…

Ah, what a fun night for fans. Fan expectations for the Note are soaring and the players don’t discourage the dreaming.

This is a really good team. Tonight’s game, against Ilya Kovalchuk’s Thrashers should be great fun.

This will be some year…

The Blues got a late power play when Kirk Maltby was sent off for a ticky-tack face-off interference call. This time, though, they weren’t terribly dangerous with the man advantage.

By failing to convert that power play, the Blues gave Detroit…

Chris Mason continued making big saves to keep the Blues in the lead.

At the other end, the relentless Jay McClement couldn’t quite beat Chris Osgood one on one with his backhand shot.

Then T.J. Oshie took a tough-break penalty, shooting the…

With Red Wings power forward Tomas Holmstrom off for roughing, the Blues got an early power-play opportunity in the third period.

David Backes created a scoring chance by driving the net and T.J. Oshie nearly got the conversion. Brad Boyes had…

Alex Steen’s double-minor penalty for high-sticking put the Blues penalty killers on the spot agian.

They did a stellar job and nearly thwarted the Red Wings for the full four minutes . . . but Ville Leino managed to convert a…

With the Red Wings buzzing in the Blues zone, Barret Jackman had to trip skilled forward Pavel Datsyuk to keep up.

That put the Red Wings on the power play. Right away, Jay McClement hooked Henrik Zetterberg — who challenged Chris…

Brad Winchester and T.J. Oshie jumped on the ice and helped sustain a forecheck on the Red Wings. Winchester used his muscle along the wall to gain control of the puck.

And then Jay McClement, still on the ice from his…

I hope you got to enjoy this game on the tube. I bumped into many hockey fans running around town today, looking for a sports bar that actually got this game.

Thank-you, Gary Bettman, for sticking the NHL on Versus.

And thanks,…