Because the opponent wasn’t changing, Blues coach Craig Berube figured his people were going to have to change if his team was going to break through against the Coyotes. That was after his team got off to slow starts in the first three games of what might soon turn into a seven-game series between the teams.
In the widest rejiggering of his personnel so far – familiar faces in new places for the most part — Berube got more production and while the goals are still coming grudgingly, the chances seemed to be better. The Blues came a fraction of a second away from getting a win as Arizona tied the game with 0.7 seconds left in regulation, and then lost in a shootout 4-3 on Monday night at Enterprise Center.
Ryan O’Reilly was the biggest benefactor of the moves, scoring twice to give him 200 in his NHL career. But the Blues lost their third game in a row, though they did claim a point. Arizona leads the series 3-1, though the points are 6-3 in their favor but these teams aren’t done. Two more games are coming up in Arizona starting Saturday, and a seventh game could be added between now and then as the teams will practically finish their season series in two weeks.
