Jeremy Rutherford Randy Karraker Dan McLaughlin Listen to Jeremy Rutherford interview with #TheOpeningDrive ⤵️
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Team Canada continues to build best-on-best brain trust with Sweeney, Nill helming 4 Nations. Chatted Friday with 🇨🇦 Olympic GM Doug Armstrong about the thought process ⤵️ theathletic.com/5411151/2024/0…

Per Bannister:

- Krug won’t play tonight, day-to-day
- Neighbours not ruled out for the regular season, but won’t play tonight and probably tough for him to be ready for Sunday afternoon game.
- Same forwards tonight, so Hayes and healthy scratch again. #stlblues

Joining Randy Karraker Dan McLaughlin at 9:15 a.m. CT on The Opening Drive 101 ESPN St. Louis. #stlblues

Blues: Hold my 🍺

New, for The Athletic: Arizona Coyotes players faced with 'mental warfare,' uncertainty as potential relocation to Utah looms.

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ICYMI: Zack Bolduc has proved that he belongs with Blues — bright white stick and all theathletic.com/5403137/2024/0… #stlblues

BREAKING: O.J. Simpson died Wednesday after a cancer diagnosis, his family announced on Thursday.

He was 76.

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Bannister: 'We've just got to continue to play our game and win hockey games. That's all we can do. We understand we need a little bit of luck but that's out of our control. It's on us that it's out of our control. We'll come to the rink, we'll get better and prepare for Friday.'

Western Conference

Pacific

3rd: Los Angeles (93 pts)
4 games left: vs. CGY, vs. ANA, vs. CHI, vs. CHI

Wildcard

1st: Nashville (qualified)

2nd: Vegas (92 pts)
4 games left: vs. MIN, vs. COL, vs. CHI, vs. ANA

3rd: St. Louis (89 pts)
3 games left: vs. CAR, vs. SEA, at DAL

FINAL: #stlblues 5, #blackhawks 2

Blais sticking up for Walker, who was leveled by Tinordi. #stlblues

Blackhawks' Slaggert with a beauty for his first NHL goal, 5-2. #stlblues

The Blues now have five players with 25-plus goals this season.

Kyrou (29)
Buchnevich (27)
Neighbours (27)
Saad (26)
Thomas (25)