With no work to get his players acclimated to his coaching style in his first game with the St. Louis Blues, Jim Montgomery installed a few tactics at the morning skate Monday and released his players to play.
The Blues, playing for their new coach after he was named to the position on Sunday following the firing of Drew Bannister, responded with one of their most impressive outings of the season, 5-2 against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
Zack Bolduc scored his first two goals of the season and first multi-goal game in the NHL; Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist, Dylan Holloway had two assists and Joel Hofer made 27 saves to end a personal three-game losing streak to help the Blues improve to 10-12-1.