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Cole Perfetti logs three assists as unbeaten Jets edge Blues
Cole Perfetti earned three assists as the visiting Winnipeg Jets defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Tuesday to remain undefeated.,Nino Niederreiter, Colin Miller and Kyle Connor scored in the second period for the Jets, who extended the best start in franchise history by improving to 6-0-0. Connor ...

Blues F Jake Neighbours signs 2-year contract extension
St. Louis Blues forward Jake Neighbours signed a two-year contract extension worth $7.5 million on Tuesday. ,Neighbours, 22, was in line to become a restricted free agent after this season. ,He has three points (two goals, one assist) in six games this season after recording a career-high 27 goals i...

Defense-first Jets aim for 6-0-0 start as they battle Blues
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck got a quick start to his Vezina Trophy defense by winning his first four games this season while posting a 1.25 goals-against average and a .952 save percentage.,After getting a game off Sunday, Hellebuyck is expected back in the nets when the Jets visit th...

Blues look to score more than one goal vs. Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes will try to continue their hot start to the longest road trip of the season when they visit the St. Louis Blues on Saturday evening.,The Hurricanes opened the six-game trip with an impressive 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night. They received a goal from J...

Joel Hofer, Blues shut out Islanders for OT win
Joel Hofer made 34 saves and Jake Neighbours scored as the St. Louis Blues blanked the visiting New York Islanders 1-0 in overtime Thursday.,Hofer earned his second career shutout and helped set up Neighbours' winning goal 2:04 into overtime with his outlet pass.,Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves for the I...

Blues look to snap two-game skid, host Islanders
The New York Islanders added speedy winger Anthony Duclair and KHL winger Maxim Tsyplakov this past offseason, giving coach Patrick Roy the ability to form two potent forward lines.,The Islanders will test that newfound depth when they visit the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.,Duclair (two goals,...

Goalie's empty-net goal caps Wild's victory over Blues
Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves and scored an empty-net goal as the Minnesota Wild won 4-1 to spoil the St. Louis Blues' home opener on Tuesday.,Gustavsson scored with 8.1 seconds left to ice the game, flipping the puck in the air and seeing it roll the last stretch across the ice into the net. It wa...

Brandon Saad returns as Blues prepare for home opener vs. Wild
The St. Louis Blues will welcome veteran winger Brandon Saad back to the lineup for their home opener Tuesday against the Minnesota Wild.,Saad, who scored 26 goals last season, missed the Blues' opening three-game road trip while awaiting the birth of his third child.,"I'm excited," Saad said. "Obvi...

Top line bags six points as Knights edge Blues
The forward line of Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Mark Stone combined for six points as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Friday in Las Vegas.,Eichel and Barbashev each had a goal and an assist and Stone had two assists for the Golden Knights, who have won their first tw...

Blues, Golden Knights aim to extend unbeaten starts
The St. Louis Blues will try to complete a season-opening three-game road sweep when they oppose the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday in Las Vegas.,After beginning last season with a 3-4-1 record, the Blues are off to a far better start in the new campaign.,The Blues opened their season by erasing a t...

Blues' comeback spoils Macklin Celebrini's glowing debut with Sharks
Brayden Schenn scored in overtime as the visiting St. Louis Blues rallied from a three-goal, third-period deficit to edge the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Thursday.,Pavel Buchnevich, Radek Faksa, Ryan Suter and Justin Faulk also scored for the Blues. Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas each had two assists and...

Blues streak to 3 straight goals, edge host Kraken in season opener
Jordan Kyrou scored twice as the St. Louis Blues rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat the host Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Tuesday afternoon in the NHL season opener for both teams.,Philip Broberg also tallied for the Blues, Justin Faulk added two assists and goaltender Jordan Binnington made 30 save...

Blues, Kraken open new season with retooled rosters
The St. Louis Blues and Seattle Kraken made some big -- and somewhat controversial -- offseason moves in an effort to get back to the NHL playoffs.,The teams will open the 2024-25 season Tuesday afternoon in Seattle.,Blues general manager Doug Armstrong employed the rarely used offer sheet this summ...

NHL season-preview capsules: Central Division
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS,Head coach: Luke Richardson (third season),Last season: 23-53-6, 52 points, eighth place in Central Division,This season: Now comes the attempt for the long climb out of the basement. After bottoming out two seasons ago and being rewarded with the "Next One" in Connor Bedard, the ...

Blues tender offers to Edmonton duo
The St. Louis Blues tendered offer sheets to a pair of Edmonton Oilers, defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said Tuesday.,Both players are restricted free agents.,The Oilers have an Aug. 20 deadline to match the offers. If they don't, they will ...

Penguins, Blues swap multiple draft picks
The Pittsburgh Penguins exchanged multiple draft picks with the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.,The Penguins acquired the Blues' 2026 second-round pick and the Ottawa Senators' 2025 third-round selection.,In exchange, St. Louis received a 2025 second-round pick and a 2026 fifth-round selection from Pitt...

Blues D Torey Krug could miss season with ankle issue
Veteran defenseman Torey Krug is in danger of missing the 2024-25 season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle, the St. Louis Blues said Tuesday.,The Blues consider Krug as out indefinitely and plan to reevaluate him after six to eight weeks of rehab to determine if surg...

Blues deal for F Mathieu Joseph, F Radek Faksa
The St. Louis Blues acquired forwards Mathieu Joseph and Radek Faksa in separate trades on Tuesday.,Joseph and a third-round draft pick in 2025 came from the Ottawa Senators, while Faksa was obtained from the Dallas Stars. In each deal, the Blues will send the other team future considerations, which...

Blues acquire C Alexandre Texier from Blue Jackets
The St. Louis Blues acquired center Alexandre Texier from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday for a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. ,Texier, 24, was a second-round selection of the Blue Jackets in the 2017 draft and posted 79 points (34 goals, 45 assists) in 201 games with Columbus.,The Fra...

Listen To Tons Of B.B. King Today
Blues legend B.B. King died late last night, at 89, in his Las Vegas home, relatively peacefully. He’d been one of those guys who logged 100 shows a year even pushing 90, but he’d been laid up after canceling a 2014 jaunt due to dehydration, exhaustion, and other such complications of diabetes. You ...