The fun has begun for the Blues. A stretch of 19 games over the regular-season’s final 25 games against the top three teams in the West Division: Vegas, Colorado and Minnesota.
That’s some closing stretch. Monday, however, was no fun with the Blues dropping a 5-1 contest to the division-leading Golden Knights. It was a not-so-friendly reminder to the Blues that this won’t be easy, and that Vegas certainly looks like the team to beat in the West Division.
Since that brutal first period last Wednesday that led to a disheartening 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the Blues showed some life with a pair of wins over the weekend in San Jose. So much for that. This was a step back, particularly defensively. The Blues are 16-11-5 this season, even though they seemingly caught Vegas (22-7-1) at a good time.
