MOSCOW, May 13. St. Louis defeated Minnesota » in the sixth match of the series of the first round of the NHL playoffs and reached the quarterfinals of the Stanley Cup. The meeting in St. Louis ended with a score of 5:1 (1:0, 3:0, 1:1). As part of the Bluesmen, goals were scored by Nick Leddy (15th minute), Ryan O'Reilly (30), Tyler Bozak (34), Vladimir Tarasenko (39) and Colton Paraiko (59), and Alexey Toropchenko provided an assist. The Wild scored Matt Damba (47), who was assisted by Dmitry Kulikov. Their teammate Kirill Kaprizov did not score. St. Louis won the best-of-four series 4-2. Rival «Blues» in the 1/4 finals of the Stanley Cup will be «Colorado», who had previously beaten in the series «Nashville» (4-0).
