PITTSBURGH — Under a fixed roof and with a thermostat set in the 70s — maybe not the way the game was originally played but certainly a way that discourages frostbite and other cold-weather-related ailments — the Blues got back to work on Wednesday night in PPG Paints Arena.
As hot as the Blues may be, the Penguins may be even hotter, taking an eight-game win streak into the game, and it was the Blues who were dispatched into the cold, dark Pennsylvania night after a failed challenge of a Penguins goal led to a power play and another goal 12 seconds later, which that quickly turned a Blues lead into a Blues deficit and, ultimately, a 5-3 loss.
Brayden Schenn celebrated his return to the lineup after being out for three weeks with a power-play goal, Jordan Kyrou did more Jordan Kyrou things and Jordan Binnington withstood an early assault from the Penguins but the pressure they put on was unrelenting enough that it eventually wore the Blues down in the third period, where a tying goal by the Penguins seemed inevitable.
