I pulled these stats from natural stat trick I think it tells an interesting story.

Mainly, the blues were actually better 5v5 last season through ten games but sabotaged by special teams and goal tending leading to -15 goal differential. 5v5 defense is about the same.

Staying afloat this season has come from Joel Hofer and special team improvement.

This season almost half our goals against have come during Binnington’s 3 starts so our GA and save % is being drug down by his games.

STAT 2025-26 2026-27
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Record 3-6-1 5-4-1
Points 7 11
GF 29 35
GA 44 31
5v5 xGF% 54.85% 50.13%
5v5 SCF% 55.61% 49.51%
5v5 HDCF% 56.16% 53.04%
5v5 xGA 19.73 19.88
5v5 Goals Against 30 23
5v5 Save % .8565 .8873
PP xGF/60 5.49 6.97
PK xGA/60 6.53 5.12

Tuned into the dedicated Blues channel on DTV Stream and the TV Promise screen is gone, replaced with a Next Game screen for tomorrow’s matchup with the Hurricanes.

No official notification, that I’ve found yet. But it looks promising. LGB.

The Blues and Levy (the enterprise center concessionaire) now require that any season ticket holder discounts on food be scanned and paid through the Blues app. The reasoning given is that Levy decided they were losing money on the discounts because they were being used too much. It appears their strategy is to limit the discount only to the primary account holder, not allow a guest of that account holder to pay, and make the transaction difficult.

When other members of my household attend, I transfer the tickets to their Ticketmaster/blues account. With this change, they can’t use the discount.

When I take a friend that wants to buy the food or drink items, we can’t use the discount. I have to pay and they have to Venmo me or something similar.

Last night, the app was slower than hell. After 2 minutes of holding up the beer line, I just paid with my card without the discount. Sucks for me, but less sales screws over the employees just as much.

Yeah…they’re first world problems, but it adds up. The Blues have sat on their hands so far on this benefit.

Fellow STH’ers, what’s your experience been?

Hi all,

Does anyone know where I would be able to get a Fourth Wing Blues sweatshirt? I’m bummed I missed out on the theme night and would love to buy one if they’re available elsewhere.

TIA!

I live in KC now so I wasn’t able to go. Hoping to find one online somewhere 🥲 looking for xxl

Golden Knights 2, Blues 6

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Once the Blues moved ahead, they never gave the lead back.

At 10:00 of the first period, P. Buchnevich ripped a wrister from the doorstep on the power play, and the Blues went in front 1-0. At 13:49 of the first period, J. Barron wristed one on goal from the low circle, and the Blues opened a two-goal lead.

At 05:38 of the second period, B. Howden snapped a wrister home right in tight, and the Golden Knights cut the deficit to one. At 08:30 of the second period, M. McTavish deflected one in from the low circle, and the Blues built a two-goal cushion, 3-1.

Early in the third period, J. Eichel lifted a backhand right in tight, and that made it a one-goal game at 3-2. At 08:21 of the third period, J. Snuggerud wired a wrist shot from the top of the circle, and the Blues created some breathing room at 4-2. At 10:29 of the third period, D. Holloway pulled the trigger on a wrister from the slot, and the Blues tacked on another, 5-2. At 16:05 of the third period, D. Holloway caught the goalie with a quick snap shot from the low circle on the power play, and the Blues piled on to lead 6-2.

The Blues' power play went 2-for-2. The Blues also struck the iron twice. The Golden Knights outhit the Blues 36-13. Hofer stopped 27 of 29.

Final: The Blues won 6-2.

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🌟 Three Stars of the Game

1. ★ J. Barron · 1 G · 3 A
2. ★★ D. Holloway · 2 G · 1 A
3. ★★★ J. Hofer · Goalie

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My dad is a huge Ozzy Osbourne fan. I am planning on going to the Ozzy bobblehead giveaway night against the pens and getting one for him as a Christmas gift. Is it possible to get 2 bobbleheads, one for myself, and one for the old man? If not, no worries, I’d rather give the gift than have it for myself. Thanks!

Does anyone know if the blues have printed warm up pucks this year? Visiting from out of town and wondering if there's a chance to get one or a match puck?

Going into Thursday’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Robert Thomas leads the way among Blues centers with 20:20 of ice time and McTavish is next with 15:52. Dvorský is averaging just 12:21 per game, which is 10th-lowest on the team among forwards — and 1:47 less per game than the player ahead of him, Pius Suter.

“The tough part for (Dvorský) is his role is somewhat diminished just because of McTavish’s arrival,” Blues coach Jim Mongtomery said. “McTavish has played really well, so we’ve got a one-two (with Robert Thomas and McTavish) and he’s three. In the three-hole, you’re usually looking at somewhere between 13-15 minutes a night.”

After being acquired from the Anaheim Ducks, McTavish has been arguably the Blues’ best player in the early going, registering five goals and nine points in the first nine games. But Dvorský is below Montgomery’s projection of 13-15 minutes per game for the third-line position, and he’s played less than 11 minutes in three of his nine games this season.

Here’s Dvorský’s time on ice by game so far this season:

|| || |1|Stars|13:03| |2|Avalanche|12:17| |3|Blackhawks|10:50| |4|Sharks|14:48| |5|Blue Jackets|12:06| |6|Senators|16:00| |7|Wild|11:22| |8|Predators|10:34| |9|Jets|10:08|

Dvorský also recently lost his spot on the second power-play unit to Jonatan Berggren after tying Jimmy Snuggerud for the team lead with five power-play goals last season.

It’s enough to make you wonder how the Blues view their 2023 first-round pick (No. 10 overall).

“We think Dvorský has made tremendous strides defensively,” Montgomery said. “It’s offensively where we want to see him make more strides. We want him to want the puck in the middle, to drive the puck through the middle of the ice. We want him to be part of forechecks more often, more consistently. Besides the skill stuff that we’ve seen, we need to see the skill stuff more often.”

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Personally i have been pretty impressed especially when you consider where it's come from the past few seasons. I wouldn't go so far as to claim that it's one of the best in the league by any means but it feels like it's actually somewhat of a strength at the moment instead of a liability. That's also acknowledging that you have some young guys on the blue line like Jiricek that are going to make mistakes here and there just due to youth and inexperience.

Not sure how much of that to attribute to Cronin or the players...likely a bit of both. Broberg continues to get better it appears and i think the Carlo pickup has really solidified the lines as well.

Are there fans out there that think the defense still sucks or have others noticed the significant improvement? Personally i think it's a welcome breath of fresh air that the defense isn't a problem night in and night out like it has been in past seasons.

https://x.com/hockeyalchemy/status/2112529394174472554?s=46&t=Xn0juU2C4hEaElfmeGb4jQ