St. Louis Blues Top 10 Moments Of 2019 Stanley Cup Final

9. Brayden Schenn’s Goal Game 1

The famous saying from the film series and subsequent television series called ‘Highlander’ used to say “There can be only one!”. That was referring to how many immortals there could be before they could finally pass on like a normal human.

It applies here too. There could only be one goal that was the first goal the Blues scored in this series.

It was not as though the Blues had never scored a goal in a Stanley Cup Final. In fact, St. Louis scored a total of seven goals in their first ever trip to the final in 1968. We often forget that, despite Montreal’s overall dominance, the Blues kept things close and took two games to overtime.

All that in mind, there is a large section of the Blues fan base that was not around for those initial three trips. The fans that were around have passed into the latter stages of their lives.

So, those goals were so far in the past that the first goal to come in this series was going to be the first goal in almost 50 years. It was always going to be something special for everyone, whether you saw those other goals or this was your personal first.

Brayden Schenn did not disappoint either. Not only was his goal the Blues first in 49 years, but it was the first of the game.

He gave the Blues a 1-0 lead a little over seven minutes into Game 1, signalling the Blues were here to put up a fight.

The Blues took advantage of some sloppy play and poor clearing attempts by a still rusty Bruins team. Schenn picked up the loose puck just to the side of the slot before wiring a wrist shot to score.

It was just what St. Louis needed. We would have taken anything at that point, but it was a quality goal.

The Blues did not get on the board with luck or some freak play that never happens but once in a season. They scored a skill goal that took solid effort to obtain. The Blues were there to win, not just be happy with showing up.