If the Dallas Stars believed they held an advantage in blasting Shania Twain's greatest hits in the room, then they failed to appropriately pre-scout Ken Hitchcock's sound system.

The St. Louis Blues coach, in a decidedly chipper mood after his club's 4-1 in Game 5, told reporters that he too has drawn inspiration from the country queen.

"Really inspired," he chuckled. "So we're even."

With all things Shania apparently equal, the Blues, now up 3-2 in the series, can advance to the Western Conference Final for the first time in Hitchcock's five-year tenure with a win Monday at Scottrade Center.

Or in other words, the Blues can only go up, up, up from here.

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