GOTTA SEE IT: David Perron's Hat Trick Sends Wild Fans To The Exits

David Perron was a terror on the St. Louis Blues power play, scoring three goals against the Minnesota Wild, the third of which had fans filing out of the Xcel Energy Center.

[Mattoilers]

Wild fans feeling the blues tonight on the way home

[TheLastSamurai]

Can’t blame MAF on this one, he was making some fantastic saves but the rebounds were just falling into the blues hands

[ianbats]

Is it just me or Perron scored all his goals from almost the same spot?

[cookieomnomnom]

The fact that people kept saying the blues wouldn’t be able to beat the wild because they never played at the wild home arena baffled me.

[rsk]

This is the playoff, blues I like to see

[Finley]

Man all three of those goals were almost identical !!

[Daniel-]

I get trying to beat the traffic but I’d stay for the last minute if I spent that money on playoff tickets lol

[atKRS]

Perron & Fleury, the good ol’ days 😢

[SMGfanatic]

I’m ok with different camera angles, but I wish they wouldn’t linger so long on those special angles. I prefer the standard broadcast camera angle

[dennisreynolds]

Same spot three times. Wild gotta clean up that coverage and rebound control

[Capt_Chaos_]

I’ll be real. Idk why people would leave a PLAYOFF game with 7&1/2 minutes left. Crazier things have happened…

[artystaar]

Great that the NHL respects Midwest fans so much that they STARTED the game at 845PM, to milk the TV cow just a little harder.!!!

[dmomintz]

The wily vet scores all three from the exact same spot on the ice.

[clermontchuckles]

Perron is the first player in St. Louis Blues history with a hat trick in the opening playoff game. Even the great Brett Hull couldn't do it!

[jph]

The Wild didn't play their game. Erickson Ek line did well on the match-up w Thomas Buchevich and Tarasenko line. The Blues have a lot of depth.
This series will still go deep.

[Mike-pnln]

I thought the pads he wore with the Blackhawks go with the Minnesota colors really well. They looked better than what he's got now

[JoseyWales]

Kinda says something about the MN fan base that they'd leave with 7+ minutes left.

[danman]

I'll never understand why people will spend all that money to see a game, then leave early. Win or lose, I never leave, since I'm not wasting my money.

[elmermuff]

PENALTIES and PUCK WATCHING KILLING THE WILD!! Better come to PLAY NEXT GAME!!

[snafuequals]

Perron almost got the hats when he faced Fleury right before the trade. I hear they're good friends but it certainly doesn't look like it 😆