Mikael Granlund had two assists, Nino Niederreiter added an empty-netter and the Wild had the edge in every way, without being drawn into a single trip to the penalty box. Steve Ott was ejected in the closing seconds, his second game misconduct call of the series, and has 22 penalty minutes in three games. "This is similar to what they did in Game 1, checked us really hard," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. [...] they got us to crack. St.