When St. Louis Blues defenseman Jake Walman rifled a third-period shot under the crossbar just beyond the reach of Marc-Andre Fleury, the city’s fan base finally exhaled. It had been a long time coming. That goal, Walman’s first in the NHL, took a tight-checking 2-0 game and made it 3-0 en route to an impressive
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The St. Louis Blues had a rough month of March as they continued to battle injuries and added some players back to the team. They finished the month with a record of 5-5-4 with a minus-13 goal differential. The hardest part of their schedule begins in April when they play a heavy dose of games
In knocking in a sloppy rebound past San Jose Sharks’ goalie Devan Dubnyk for a decisive goal in the St. Louis Blues 5-2 win, Jordan Kyrou registered his third three-point game of the season. And he wasn’t even the best player on his line. Captain Ryan O’Reilly was plus-4. Linemate David Perron also had four
Whether the St. Louis Blues close the curtain on 2020-21 by hoisting the Stanley Cup, or by abruptly clearing out their lockers in stunned silence, three of the team’s MVP candidates should be medical trainer Ray Barile, assistant coaches Steve Ott and Mike Van Ryn. Barile has put together the NHL’s version of an Iron
In St. Louis Blues head coach Craig Berube’s postgame press conference following a 5-1 divisional loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, a few testy comments about his team’s lack of performance left many Blues fans scratching their heads. “We don’t have enough guys pulling on the same rope,” Berube said during the Blues postgame Zoom
February has been a rough month for the St. Louis Blues, as they’ve lost five players to the injured reserve list. Their record has reflected those injuries, as the club went 5-6-1, including a stretch where they were shut out twice and scored one goal in another. There were some players who helped them stay
The St. Louis Blues have had terrible injury luck this season, as many of their key players have gotten banged up. Jaden Schwartz, Ivan Barbashev, Colton Parayko, Tyler Bozak, Robert Thomas, and others have gone down throughout the year, not to mention that Vladimir Tarasenko was out prior to the season and won’t be back
The St. Louis Blues made more than one free agent addition prior to the 2020-21 season, and the Kyle Clifford signing was overshadowed by Torey Krug. While that was the right move for Blues fans, to be more excited over Krug, Clifford has been a fantastic piece to the puzzle for the team in a
The St. Louis Blues’ 2019 Stanley Cup victory seems in hindsight like the culmination of ten years of sustained success. But a closer look at the decade shows that the Blues built a contender from 2011 to 2016, then underwent a miniature rebuild in 2017 and 2018 before embarking on the 2019 campaign that ultimately
Blues Weekly is a new series focusing on how the St. Louis Blues performed over the past week. Not simply a recap or game story of the week’s games, but coverage of key factors, stories, and themes that were pervasive throughout those games and my takes on those situations. Let me know in the comments
Coaches at all levels of hockey will often tell you that depth is a vital key to long-term success in a hockey season. Your stars will win you a game, while your third and fourth liners, or fifth and sixth defensemen, will win you a championship. Depth, though, is a fickle beast in that it