After a lackadaisical start to the game, at least they made it competitive.
The Chicago Blackhawks lost to the St. Louis Blues 5-3 on Thursday, now tied with the Columbus Blue Jackets for the bottom of the standings after Columbus took Boston to overtime. That’s very good news for Chicago, but the way they got there kinda ... well, it wasn’t a great game.
The Blues started the scoring about five minutes into the second period following a lackluster, scoreless first period. Jakub Vrana was left all alone at the side of the net and Petr Mrazek was not quite able to get over in time.