Nov. 19, 2018

After losing, 2-0, at home to the Los Angeles Kings — the only team at the time that had fewer points than St. Louis — the Blues fired their head coach, Mike Yeo. The loss dropped St. Louis to 7-9-3. To replace Yeo, the Blues elevated one of his assistants, Craig Berube, a longtime N.H.L. enforcer, to be the interim coach. Berube’s pugilistic sensibilities belied an acumen for the game that had earned him head coaching jobs with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Blues’ top farm team, the Chicago Wolves, who finished with the American Hockey League’s best record in 2016-17 under his guidance.

Dec. 16

Another home game, another desultory loss at Enterprise Center. The crowd booed the Blues during and after their 7-2 defeat to Calgary, the seventh time in 19 home games that St. Louis had allowed at least five goals. The Blues’ record was 12-15-4, and the hockey analytics site MoneyPuck pegged their odds of winning the Stanley Cup at 0.6 percent.

“I don’t have answers anymore,” forward Patrick Maroon told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “It’s just kind of embarrassing, to be honest with you.”

Jan. 2, 2019

Ottawa’s overtime loss to Vancouver granted the Senators a point that lifted them out of the N.H.L. cellar. The new tenants at the bottom of the league? The 15-18-4 Blues, with 34 points. If players knew about the indignity, it was not because they noticed it in their dressing room. Craig Berube had removed the standings board. “Where we were at, and to get where we had to get to, it’s a long process,” he told reporters Tuesday morning. “And to see that every day, it doesn’t change quick enough. It’s just a negative effect.”