The Latest Breaking News from Robert Thomas

ST. LOUIS — History wasn't on the Wild's side.

ST. LOUIS — If nothing else, the Seattle Kraken have been a tough out this season when it comes to playing the Blues. And Wednesday proved to be more of the same before the 23rd sellout crowd (18,096) of the season at Enterprise Center.

ST. LOUIS — Sometimes all you have to do is what’s expected of you.

CALGARY, Alberta — All the ingredients were present for another disaster.

EDMONTON, Alberta — After the Blues’ second win in three days over the Vancouver Canucks, veteran David Perron consciously pumped the breaks. The Blues needed to put together four or five consecutive wins, Perron cautioned, before they could start to feel like they had something going.

VANCOUVER — The best cure for whatever ails the Blues this season continues to be to go west. To wit, the Blues have dominated the Pacific Division, and that continued to be the case Wednesday at Rogers Arena.

ST. LOUIS — The Blues continue to have the toughest time turning a corner.

ST. LOUIS — The Blues just can’t get this overtime thing down. They have been a top 10 team all season long in the overall stands. But they remain near the bottom of the barrel when it comes to OT.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Blues let a 3-0 lead slip away, regained it at 4-3, let that one get away, before Robert Thomas scored his fourth goal in the past two games as the Blues won a Central Division showdown, 7-4, over the Predators on Saturday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena.

ST. LOUIS — You knew sooner or later, the Blues would snap out of it. But after a series of pratfalls against the lesser lights of the NHL, who could have predicted it would come against the talented and touted New York Rangers?

MONTREAL — The Blues still can’t get this road thing down. A .500 team away from home most of the season, the Blues were upset by the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2, in overtime Thursday at Bell Centre.