The Blues slipped out of third place in the Central Division on Jan. 20.

STREAKING

The Blues have cancelled out their recent five-game losing streak with a five-game win streak.

“I like this one better,” Perron said. “At the end of our last (winning streak), I felt like last two or three games we could see a little bit of slip in our play and we were finding ways to win, and even in the losing streak we had games we felt we could win, weren't getting it done. Now we see the importance of every game and it started with a big win in Colorado.”

“I think we felt, we had lost five games in a row, but didn't feel we deserved to lose five games in a row. Every one of them was a one-goal game and we weren't able to find a way to put pucks in the net despite opporuntities. We knew that our game wasn't quite good enough but also knew we weren't that far off. We've been buidling a game, now go into games with clearer picture of what to expect from each other and what's needed from each individual and with that comes confidence.”

NOTES

The Blues had 23 blocked shots against the Kings, one off their season high of 24 against Montreal. The Blues are 7-1 when blocking 20 or more shots. … Monday marked the first time the Blues and their opponent both scored after the opponent had pulled its goalie. The Blues have allowed just four goals when an opponent has brought on a sixth attacker, and two of those came with the opponent down by two and only cutting the lead to Monday. … Alexander Steen has 14 goals this season, four of them into an empty net. … The Blues are 34-2-1 when Alex Pietrangelo has two or more assists in a game. …

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