“This Stanley Cup win has refreshed everyone’s mind about her, which is so amazing,” said her mother, Lori Zucker, a St. Louis native. “People send me messages, talking about how she inspired them or she made it happen (for the Blues) or she’s dancing in heaven. I mean, it just blows you away. . . . She’s in everybody’s heart, which is so great. And I think that’s so fabulous. And all I want, though, is her to be back. She would’ve loved every single moment of all of this. We have to love it for her.”

At a coffee shop this week, Lori wore a navy Blues hat. On one side was the silver Stanley Cup logo, and on the other was her daughter’s name, stitched in pink. She and her husband, Shawn Dougan, were into the Blues’ storybook run. Who wasn’t? But Lori called it “bittersweet.” It’s hard to think of the Blues and not think of Ari, which means some happy memories but also the saddest.

The night the Blues beat San Jose to advance to the Stanley Cup Final, Lori received a text message at 2:40 a.m. It was from Tarasenko.

He wrote: “She is in my heart.”