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The St. Louis Blues returned to the ice after an extended road trip on the west coast. Despite having three days off, they played as though this was the second of a back-to-back at the end of a trip.
The Blues played reasonably well in the first period. That said, Jordan Binnington was the only reason they were in the game.
For whatever reason, St. Louis has become extremely irresponsible with the puck in their own zone over the last couple weeks. While the Blues and Golden Knights traded chances in the flow of play, as we’ve become accustomed to, it was the turnovers that killed St.