NEW YORK -- Six months later, there is only a tiny scar on Lyla Grace Oshie's stomach to remind her parents of the tumultuous start to her life.

Not that the memory will ever fade for father T.J. Oshie and fiancée Lauren Cosgrove.

"She had gastroschisis, so she was born with her intestines outside of her stomach,” Oshie told ESPN.com Tuesday. "They said she was going to be in the hospital six to eight weeks, but she was home in three and she's doing great."

There can be complications as a result of the issue but she avoided those, and she is at home enjoying a full recovery.

"There can be [complications], but she made a full recovery so she’s a normal baby now,” Oshie said. "She just has a little scar on her stomach and a man-made belly button."

The couple discovered early in the pregnancy that there was a problem when teammate Alex Pietrangelo's girlfriend examined the couple's ultrasound.

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"Yeah, we found out at Week 13 of pregnancy. Pietrangelo’s girlfriend actually figured it out for us because she was going to school to be an ultrasound technician," Oshie said. "And they wanted to find out the sex early, and she saw it and had to go and get her teacher and was like, 'Hey, I think this is what it is.' Then we went to the doctors the next day and figured out that's what it was. So we were really well-prepared. So we knew everything going into it. And the doctors did an unbelievable job, so it was good."

The birth of his daughter, the couple's first child, was an obvious highlight in a season that was filled with both highs and lows.

Oshie was named to the U.S. Olympic team and earned cult status for his shootout heroics in a preliminary-round victory over Russia. But the U.S. team failed to medal. Then, a month after his daughter was born, Oshie and the Blues were bounced from the playoffs in the first round after taking a 2-0 series lead against the Chicago Blackhawks.

In spite of the worry over his daughter's health and lots of nervous nights spent at the local hospital, Oshie didn't see a drop-off in his level of play.

"It's something that I've never had to deal with, obviously, being the first child, but actually it was kind of refreshing because hockey wasn’t really on my mind for the last -- she was born on St. Patrick’s Day -- so the last month of the season,” Oshie said.

"I actually went on a pretty good run there. I had a hat trick one of the times, and I was sleeping at the hospital on a recliner pretty much for a couple of weeks. So I don’t know, it got my mind off the game and I ended up playing pretty well," said Oshie, who set career-best marks last season for goals (21) and points (60).

Although he missed two playoff games after taking a blow to the head near the end of the regular season from Mike Rupp of the Minnesota Wild, Oshie felt he might have played as well as he ever has in the postseason later in the series against Chicago.

"I thought it was maybe the best I've played in the playoffs my whole career. It's just unfortunate we didn't finish the way we wanted. It's a sour taste; it's something that I think drives us a little bit further in the weight room and on the ice in the summer. So I think it's good to have that fresh in our memories," Oshie said.

"Right away, I wanted to go back to St. Louis and get on the ice and start working out the next day. There’s no one that was more disappointed and more angry about the way we lost, and that we lost, than the players were," the 27-year-old said.

"It was pretty silent and kind of a tough spot to be in in the locker room after that," he said.

NEW YORK -- Six months later, there is only a tiny scar on Lyla Grace Oshie's stomach to remind her parents of the tumultuous start to her life.

Not that the memory will ever fade for father T.J. Oshie and fiancée Lauren Cosgrove.

"She had gastroschisis, so she was born with her intestines outside of her stomach,” Oshie told ESPN.com Tuesday. "They said she was going to be in the hospital six to eight weeks, but she was home in three and she's doing great."

There can be complications as a result of the issue but she avoided those, and she is at home enjoying a full recovery.

"There can be [complications], but she made a full recovery so she’s a normal baby now,” Oshie said. "She just has a little scar on her stomach and a man-made belly button."

The couple discovered early in the pregnancy that there was a problem when teammate Alex Pietrangelo's girlfriend examined the couple's ultrasound.

TJ Oshie says he would like to see a team in his hometown of Seattle @OSH74 @StLouisBlues pic.twitter.com/BvA3Pu3aH3

— ESPN NHL coverage (@ESPN_NHL) September 9, 2014

"Yeah, we found out at Week 13 of pregnancy. Pietrangelo’s girlfriend actually figured it out for us because she was going to school to be an ultrasound technician," Oshie said. "And they wanted to find out the sex early, and she saw it and had to go and get her teacher and was like, 'Hey, I think this is what it is.' Then we went to the doctors the next day and figured out that's what it was. So we were really well-prepared. So we knew everything going into it. And the doctors did an unbelievable job, so it was good."

The birth of his daughter, the couple's first child, was an obvious highlight in a season that was filled with both highs and lows.

Oshie was named to the U.S. Olympic team and earned cult status for his shootout heroics in a preliminary-round victory over Russia. But the U.S. team failed to medal. Then, a month after his daughter was born, Oshie and the Blues were bounced from the playoffs in the first round after taking a 2-0 series lead against the Chicago Blackhawks.

In spite of the worry over his daughter's health and lots of nervous nights spent at the local hospital, Oshie didn't see a drop-off in his level of play.

"It's something that I've never had to deal with, obviously, being the first child, but actually it was kind of refreshing because hockey wasn’t really on my mind for the last -- she was born on St. Patrick’s Day -- so the last month of the season,” Oshie said.

"I actually went on a pretty good run there. I had a hat trick one of the times, and I was sleeping at the hospital on a recliner pretty much for a couple of weeks. So I don’t know, it got my mind off the game and I ended up playing pretty well," said Oshie, who set career-best marks last season for goals (21) and points (60).

Although he missed two playoff games after taking a blow to the head near the end of the regular season from Mike Rupp of the Minnesota Wild, Oshie felt he might have played as well as he ever has in the postseason later in the series against Chicago.

"I thought it was maybe the best I've played in the playoffs my whole career. It's just unfortunate we didn't finish the way we wanted. It's a sour taste; it's something that I think drives us a little bit further in the weight room and on the ice in the summer. So I think it's good to have that fresh in our memories," Oshie said.

"Right away, I wanted to go back to St. Louis and get on the ice and start working out the next day. There’s no one that was more disappointed and more angry about the way we lost, and that we lost, than the players were," the 27-year-old said.

"It was pretty silent and kind of a tough spot to be in in the locker room after that," he said.