The St. Louis Blues have been on quite the run in recent weeks. They were 11-1-1 in their last thirteen and goaltender Jake Allen had the exact same record over his last 13 starts (Carter Hutton appeared once in that span too).
With the way the Blues had been taking care of business against these cellar dwelling teams, there was little doubt they would beat Colorado and easily clinch their sixth consecutive playoff berth. Things did not quite pan out that way.
All day long, all we heard about was the Blues needing one point to clinch.