The Blues have a hell of a stretch of games coming up. Not because they’re playing difficult opponents - the only (current) playoff team that they play are the Colorado Avalanche. The Blues have six games in nine days, and the teams that they play aren’t going to just roll over and scrape and bow to the Blues because they’re a playoff team. They’re going to push back.
The Blues aren’t in the playoffs yet. Yes, their route there is laughably easy at this point of the season: get a point, any way, in any game.