I’ll admit, when I drove to Enterprise Center Saturday night, I thought there was a chance the Blues might finally gain some traction on what has been — to put it mildly — a horribly atrocious season.



They had won five of their last seven games and six of their last nine, but bagging three straight for the first time in 2018-19 against a Pittsburgh team on a four-game winning streak would have been a sign that the Blues were perhaps turning the corner.



They could have stayed within seven points of a wild-card spot in the Western Conference with three games in hand on Dallas, the second wild card, and though the club couldn’t be considered a serious playoff contender, it also couldn’t be counted out.



But instead of turning the corner, the Blues drove off the road, as they’ve done so many times this season. They fell 6-1 to the Penguins, and remain the only NHL team yet to win three games in a row, failing for the fourth time...