Although the St. Louis Blues have been picking up points regularly, the reality is that they lost four straight heading into their afternoon game at the New York Islanders. Making matters worse, they lost due to easily avoidable circumstances in Toronto and Philadelphia.
The Blues had early leads in both games and allowed comebacks. Once the game went into overtime, it was the lost puck battles that cost them.
The issue was that more focus on details seemed to only make things worse. So, when the Blues scored the first goal against the Islanders, it gave fans no comfort.