Blues' next chance to 強化する wild-card race comes vs. 炎上s
The St. Louis Blues 行方不明になるd a golden 適切な時期 to 強化する the Western 会議／協議会 wild-card race when they 苦しむd a 2-1 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday.
That 後退 raised the 火刑／賭けるs for St. Louis as it 準備するs for Thursday's 会合 with the visiting Calgary 炎上s.
"This team isn't going to やめる fighting," Blues captain Brayden Schenn said. "We're going to go all the way to the finish. We still believe in here we can make the プレーオフs."
St. Louis (38-30-4, 80 points) has fallen six points behind the Golden Knights, who 現在／一般に 持つ／拘留する the second and final wild-card 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the West. Vegas earned another point on Tuesday with its 5-4 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators.
The Blues, who are 6-1-1 in their past eight games, and the Golden Knights have each played 72 games.
"We're still in the fight," St. Louis 暫定的な coach Drew Bannister said. "We have 10 games left. At this point, 明白に, we're going to need some help, but we can't worry about what happened here (Monday). We can only worry about what's moving 今後 here.
"Moving 今後 is Calgary, and we gotta continue to 勝利，勝つ ホッケー games and 勝利，勝つ in 規則. But we've got to come up with two points every time we come to the rink."
The Blues will 直面する the 炎上s without fourth-line 中心 Oskar Sundqvist, who is out for the 残りの人，物 of the season after 涙／ほころびing his 権利 anterior cruciate ligament during Monday's game. Defenseman Torey Krug is 疑わしい for Thursday's contest 予定 to an illness.
The 炎上s bring a four-game losing streak to St. Louis, and they are coming off a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.
"I didn't like our モミ st period," 炎上s coach Ryan Huska said of Tuesday's 業績／成果. "I don't think we were connected at all. We had defensemen and 今後s not on the same page. In the second and third, we got better, but I don't like the way we started the game."
炎上s captain Mikael Backlund didn't argue with that 査定／評価.
"全体にわたる in the first we weren't good enough," Backlund said. "We didn't come out and play as hard as we can with the pace that we know we can play with. I thought we （機の）カム out and played a little better in the second and third, but still, it's not up to our 基準s.
"We know we can play better. Yeah, we've dug ourselves a big 穴を開ける here losing four in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動. Now we've got to find a way to get out of it."
Calgary has lost seven of its past nine games to fade from the Western 会議／協議会 プレーオフ picture.
"We need to get 支援する to just playing simple ホッケー and getting our work ethic," 炎上s defenseman MacKenzie Weegar said. "We've got to play for each other, what have you done for me lately 肉親，親類d of mentality. Guys got to start taking this 適切な時期 and running away with it."
The Blues won twice at Calgary earlier this season, 敗北・負かすing the 炎上s 3-0 on Oct. 26 and 4-3 on Jan. 23. St. Louis' Joel Hofer 記録，記録的な／記録するd a 27-save shutout in the first victory.
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