The St. Louis Blues, like just about every professional sports team, always have parties and get-together’s planned throughout a year, especially around applicable holidays. Sometimes the timing of those events just works out better than the best planner could ever hope for.
The Blues were getting done with a strangely rough road trip out east. They put a lot of physical and emotional energy in their rematch with the Boston Bruins and took way more energy than was needed to beat the Detroit Red Wings in overtime.
When they came home, they were likely just looking forward to a couple days of rest.