Schedule and 2021-22 Results:
Regular Season Records: Minnesota 53-22-7=113pts, St. Louis 49-22-11=109pts
Game 1 on Monday, 02 May: St. Louis wins at Minnesota, 4-goals-nil
Game 2 on Wednesday, 04 May: St. Louis loses at Minnesota, 6-goals-2
Game 3 on Friday, 06 May: Minnesota wins at St. Louis, 5-goals-1
Game 4 on Sunday, 08 May: Minnesota loses at St. Louis, 5-goals-2
Game 5 on Tuesday, 10 May: St. Louis wins at Minnesota, 5-goals-2
Game 6 on Thursday, 12 May: Minnesota loses at St. Louis, 5-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The St. Louis Blues hosted and bested the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1490 victory. With the series 1490 win, the St. Louis Blues improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 28-38 overall and 15-14 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1490 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 4-11 (with an active six-series losing streak) overall and 3-8 (with an active five-series losing streak in the NHL Preliminary round) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious St. Louis Blues in series 1490 was WLLWWW: Series 1490 thus becomes the 15th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 28th NHL series (all rounds), and the 43rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The last Minnesota Wild playoff victory occurred in series 1258, in the 2015 NHL Preliminary round against the St. Louis Blues. With the series 1490 victory by the underdog St. Louis Blues, NHL teams in best-of-7 NHL playoff series history which trailed their series opponents by four regular-season points (as St. Louis did against Minnesota in series 1490) now have a 23-15 (.605) series record in those series.

After Game 5: The St. Louis Blues visited and topped the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1490 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 12-2 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 6-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-4 and a Game 6 record of 4-3. The St. Louis Blues trailed series 1490 Game 5 by a goal as late as 15:27 into the second period, but won: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games (1939-2021, inclusive), road teams trailing by a goal as late as 15:27 into the second period had a game record of 200-671 (.230); so it is that the St. Louis Blues achieve a Grade-C (.200 - .299) comeback victory in series 1490 Game 5.

After Game 4: The St. Louis Blues hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-2 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1490 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-2 and a Game 5 record of 1-3, while the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 11-16 and a Game 5 record of 10-17.

After Game 3: The Minnesota Wild hosted and defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1490 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 4 record of 0-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 7-19 and a Game 4 record of 13-13. The Minnesota Wild took a 2-goals-nil lead at 2 minutes 18 seconds into series 1490 Game 3 against the Blues in St. Louis, for the earliest 2-goals-nil lead by a road team in a best-of-7 NHL playoff game since series 910 Game 6, in which the Detroit Red Wings took a 2-goals-nil lead after 1 minute 56 seconds over the Predators in Nashville in the 2004 NHL Preliminary round.

After Game 2: The Minnesota Wild hosted and defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-goals-2 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1490 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-3, while the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 14-19 and a Game 3 record of 15-18. The series 1490 Game 2 victory by the Minnesota Wild ends their nine-Game 2 losing streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series competition.

After Game 1: The St. Louis Blues visited and shut out the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1490 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the St. Louis Blues have a series record of 20-12 and a Game 2 record of 14-18. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-9 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 2-9 (with an active seven-Game 2 losing streak). The series 1490 Game 1 shutout of the Wild in Minnesota by the St. Louis Blues is their fourth road Game 1 shutout by the Blues in their best-of-7 NHL playoff series history.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2021-22 NHL regular season, the Minnesota Wild finished four points ahead of the St. Louis Blues. From 1939 through the 2021 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 15-22 (.405) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1490 is the 15th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Minnesota Wild, and the 66th for the St. Louis Blues. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Minnesota Wild have an all-rounds series record of 4-10 (with an active five-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 3-7 (with an active four-series losing streak in the Preliminary round), and a Game 1 record of 3-11, while the St. Louis Blues have an all-rounds series record of 27-38, a Preliminary-round series record of 14-14, and a Game 1 record of 32-33 (with an active four-Game 1 losing streak). Series 1490 is the third best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Minnesota Wild and the St. Louis Blues. St. Louis and Minnesota split their previous two best-of-7 NHL playoff series meetings, with Minnesota winning in six games in the 2015 NHL Preliminary round (in series 1258), and St. Louis prevailing in five games in the 2017 NHL Preliminary round (in series 1325).