By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL Either David Backes will win the Stanley Cup against his former team or the St. Louis Blues will win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Yes, that’s the storyline for this 2019 Stanley Cup Final. That’s the same series that the Blues are in for the first time in 49…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Timo Meier handed a big win to Erik Karlsson and the San Jose Sharks. Karlsson scored 5:23 into overtime after the officials missed a hand pass by Meier, and the Sharks rallied to beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — On a San Jose Sharks team filled with established stars, 22-year-old Timo Meier can get overlooked at times even though he scored 30 goals in the regular season. Meier showed in Game 1 of the Western Conference final that he can be a force in his own right, scoring twice…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL For the second time in the last four seasons and the first since 2016, the St. Louis Blues have advanced to the Western Conference Final. That was all possible thanks to a dramatic double-overtime goal by hometown hero Patrick Maroon to end a thrilling seven-game series with the Dallas Stars. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pat Maroon always imagined becoming a hometown hero. The 31-year-old St. Louis native got to live out that fantasy Tuesday night. Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime, Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and the St. Louis Blues outlasted the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal…
DALLAS (AP) — The first-year coach for the Dallas Stars switched up his top two lines, a move that put rookie Roope Hintz skating with captain Jamie Benn and Alexander Radulov. Tyler Seguin, the top-line center who had Benn and Radulov on his side, instead started with Jason Dickinson and Mats Zuccarello. Hintz scored his…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Last in the NHL in early January, the St. Louis Blues keep making history and celebrating an unlikely run. After having a league-worst 34 points on Jan. 2, St. Louis became the seventh team to make the playoffs after being in last place at the start of the new calendar year.…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jaden Schwartz called it a lucky goal for the St. Louis Blues. It was a dagger to the Winnipeg Jets. Schwartz scored with 15 seconds remaining to cap St. Louis’ three-goal third period in a 3-2 win over the Jets on Thursday night, giving the Blues a 3-2 lead in their…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Connor and the Winnipeg Jets got back on track by sticking to the same way they wanted to play all along. Connor scored twice, Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist, and the Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Sunday night to climb back into their first-round…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL After a one-year hiatus, the St. Louis Blues have returned to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 2019 postseason. It’s the team’s seventh playoff berth in the last eight seasons after just one playoff appearance in the last six seasons from 2006-2011. Finishing the regular season with a record of 45-28-9…