Through five games, the St. Louis Blues are sitting in the last spot in the Central Division. That’s been a surprising and incredibly disappointing development after the team entered the year with fairly high expectations. The Blues have used a combination of bad defense and mediocre goaltending to jump out to an ugly start.
Specifically, the Blues have to get better in the third period.
The Blues have already blown four leads in five games, three of which came in the final period.
This is the fourth time in five games this season the Blues have coughed up a lead, including three in the third period (13:36, 6:54 and 5:16 remaining in regulation).