TAMPA, Fla. – The Blues were already in a run of games that wasn’t going to be easy. Two games with Tampa Bay, the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion, and then two games with Florida, which started Thursday with the second-best points percentage in the league.
Then it got harder.
On Thursday, the Blues first lost goalie Jordan Binnington to a positive COVID-19 test, then lost defenseman Justin Faulk. Add in injured forward David Perron, who missed his third game in a row on Thursday, and a big chunk of the Blues, on offense and defense, is missing.