On paper, the odds seemed against the St. Louis Blues.
After all, they came into Madison Square Garden on Tuesday missing five injured players: Alex Steen, Jay Bouwmeester, Robby Fabbri, Patrik Berglund and Zach Sanford. They played Monday afternoon in Brooklyn, and backup goaltender Carter Hutton was making his first appearance of the season against the Rangers.
That’s why they play the games. The Blues picked up their fourth consecutive victory, 3-1, and dropped the Rangers to 1-3.
Is there any concern at 1-3?
“There has to be,” said Rick Nash. “With all these home games early on, these are the games when you get to March and April, they really mean something.