After getting mugged at three different locations in greater New York during an almost weeklong stay, the Blues came home and found their troubles had nothing to do with geography.
The Blues transitioned from a road-heavy stretch of their schedule to a home-heavy stretch and kicked it off with a 4-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators, losers of five in a row and sitting in 29th in the league in points at the start of the day. The Blues penalty kill gave up two goals and then St. Louisan Brady Tkachuk gave the Senators some breathing room with a goal in the third.
The Blues have lost four in a row, the second time they’ve done that this season, and despite being at pretty much full strength offensively, have hit a scoring slump, with just four goals in their past three games. Nothing is coming easy for this group, as evidenced by Brayden Schenn having three tip-in chances near the goal he couldn’t get to go in or Vladimir Tarasenko’s shot from in front of the net that Ottawa goalie Anton Forsberg somehow stuck out his glove to catch just before it went in the net. The whistle blown, Tarasenko just stood there, staring, in total disbelief.
