The St. Louis Blues were playing with house money lately given all their injuries, sickness and reliance on guys who were not even in the league at the start of the year. Their luck simply ran out in their second game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in less than a week.
This game was such a polar opposite of what we have grown accustomed to lately. About the only thing normal about this game was the Blues getting good goaltending and having a slow start.
However, instead of overcoming their slow start as they have so many times, the Blues just never got out of their funk.