The Blues season ended on Wednesday night with a 2-1 shootout loss to the Stars on Wednesday night. It marks the second straight season the Blues won't be going to the playoffs. First up on their off season to do list is to hire a permanent head coach. Drew Bannister was promoted from their AHL team at mid season replacing Craig Berube. Bannister was working on an interim coach tag. Blues President of hockey operations/GM Doug Armstrong confirmed that Bannister was a finalist for the job. He hopes to name a permanent coach by June 1st ..read more

DALLAS (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 26 saves in regulation and overtime before stopping all three attempts in the shootout as the Central Division champion Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in their regular-season finale Wednesday night. When they earned one point by getting to overtime, the Stars clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. They ended up with two points thanks to Oettinger and Jason Robertson, who scored with a nifty backhand on the first shot of the shootout, which held up for the victory. “It was a good test for us, kind of getting us ready fo ..read more

ST. LOUIS - Drew Bannister will presumably coach his final game on an interim basis with the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. After the season finale, the Blues will have a decision to make: To strip that title or start anew? Bannister took over as the Blues interim head coach after the team fired Craig Berube, the only coach to lead St. Louis to a Stanley Cup title, last December. Four months later, the Blues were the last team eliminated from contention in the Western Conference. It took all the way until Game 80 out of 82 to learn that cruel fate. The Blues will miss the playoffs for the seco ..read more

The home season for the St. Louis Blues 2023-24 campaign ended on Sunday with a 4-1win over the Seattle Kraken. Fox 2 Sports reporter Kevin Ryans reports on the happy ending at Enterprise Center and hopes for next season and a return to the playoffs. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker scored in the third period, leading the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. Kasperi Kapanen also scored for St. Louis. Joel Hofer made 19 saves and hiked his record to 15-12-1. Jared McCann scored a goal for the Kraken and Joey Daccord made 25 saves as ..read more

ST. LOUIS - For the third and final time this year, all four of St. Louis' professional sports teams will play regular season games on the same day. The St. Louis Blues and St. Louis CITY SC will both play on home grounds. The St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Battlehawks are on the road. Here's a breakdown of the action-packed sports day on Sunday. St. Louis Blues vs. Seattle Kraken (12 p.m. CT) at Enterprise Center. Broadcast: TNT St. Louis Battlehawks @ San Antonio Brahmas (2 p.m. CT) at The Alamodome. Broadcast: ABC St. Louis Cardinals @ Arizona Diamondbacks (3:10 p.m. CT) at Chase Field ..read more

The Blues push for the playoffs ended on Friday night with a 5-2 loss to the Hurricanes coupled with a Vegas 7-2 win over Minnesota. The Blues battled the Canes tight for two periods. it was a 2-2 game after 40 minutes. But the Hurricanes scored all three goals in the third period to hand the Blues a costly loss. Zack Bolduc gave the Blues a 1-0 first period lead with his 5th goal of the season. Jordan Kyrou gave the Blues a 2-1 edge with a second period power play goal. It was Kyrou's 30th goal of the season. Carolina grabbed their first lead of the game in the third period on Jacob Slavin's ..read more

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues still have playoff hopes heading into their final week of the regular season, but they'll need quite a lot to happen to make it a reality. Four games remain in the Blues' regular season schedule, the first of those four games set for Wednesday evening. The Blues are still in the hunt for one of two Wild Card seeds in the Western Conference. The Blues head into Wednesday's showdown with 87 points and a best possible finish of 95 points. MoneyPuck.com projects their playoff chances at right around 1%, so indeed, St. Louis will need several lucky twists of fate ..read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored in the shootout and the St. Louis Blues beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-5 on Sunday to preserve their slim playoff hopes. Robert Thomas had a goal and three assists, and Zack Bolduc, Matthew Kessel, Pavel Buchnevich and Brayden Schenn also scored to help the Blues bounce back from a disastrous 3-2 overtime loss to San Jose on Saturday. Jordan Binnington finished with 33 saves through overtime and Kyrou had three assists. Frank Vatrano and Leo Carlsson each had two goals, and Nikita Nesterenko also scored in the Ducks' 14the lss in 16 games. Alex Killorn had ..read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — William Eklund scored in overtime to finish a hat trick, Devin Cooley made 34 saves in his first NHL win, and the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Saturday. Eklund buried a wrist shot on a 2-on-1 break 3:56 into overtime. The Sharks responded after the Blues came back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period on goals by Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn, who equalized at 17:31 after St. Louis pulled the goaltender for an extra skater. Eklund scored two power-play goals minutes apart in the second period for the 21-year-old’s first multigoal game. Cooley, a Lo ..read more

ST. LOUIS - A sports equinox happens when all four major professional sports leagues in the United States play regular-season or playoff games on the same day. That includes the MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL. In its own terms, St. Louis will come close to replicating that on Saturday. An action-packed Saturday features games for all four of St. Louis' professional sports teams, including three on home grounds. With that, tens of thousands of people are expected in Downtown St. Louis on Saturday ..read more