Avalanche at Blues Preview: The schedule just got harder

Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports The NHL released some schedule changes on Wednesday, and somehow an already jam packed Blues schedule got even more jam packed.

Between tonight, April 22nd, and the last day of the season on May 13th, the Blues will be playing 13 games. That’s 13 games in 22 nights, with three back to backs. Thirteen games to catch up in the playoff race.

The Blues have thirteen games to get over the hump and make up for the team’s 3-2 loss on Saturday night against Arizona that saw them fall out of the West Division’s last playoff spot. Luckily, the Minnesota Wild took out the Coyotes on Monday and Wednesday nights, so the Blues still sit just one point behind Arizona and have four…