The St. Louis Blues’ Thursday loss to the Vegas Golden Knights guaranteed them a 3rd or 4th place ranking in the First Round seeding. Their exact ranking will be determined by their Sunday game against the Dallas Stars, where the winner will get 3rd and the loser gets 4th.
But their confining to the bottom-two rankings makes things much clearer for St. Louis, in terms of what to anticipate heading into the first round. Thanks to the Western Conference win-percentage rankings, there are two teams the Blues could play in the First Round.