MONTREAL — The Blues arrived at Bell Centre on Saturday night with six players on injured reserve, and a seventh — defenseman Nick Leddy — out with an upper-body injury.
Despite leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 4-3, they couldn’t escape with their third consecutive victory, falling to the Montreal Canadiens, 5-4. They are 19-18-3 for the season, failing to get to three games above .500 for the first time since winning their first three games of the regular season.
They close out this four-game road trip Sunday against Central Division rival Minnesota as they continue their effort to get into a wild-card playoff position after losing for the fourth straight time (0-3-1) in Montreal since the 2017-18 season.
