ST. LOUIS — A playoff spot for the Blues is pretty much inevitable. The combination of results to keep it from happening is pretty remote. So maybe for old times’ sake, the Blues revisited those days when they had trouble doing the simple things.
Against an Anaheim team long since eliminated from the playoff race but which has been throwing wrenches in the works around the division, the Blues trailed 2-1 in the third period, battled to get even and then lost in a shootout 3-2 on Wednesday night at Enterprise Center.
The loss gave them a point, but it ruled out any chance of them clinching a playoff spot on Wednesday, no matter what happened in the Arizona-Los Angeles game that was the other half of the Blues’ clinching scenario. They will now have to wait until Friday, when the Blues play at Las Vegas, the Coyotes play at San Jose and the Kings play Colorado.
