The St. Louis Blues will get a chance to avenge a lopsided loss to the Calgary Flames on Monday when the teams meet again at Enterprise Center for the second game of a home-and-home on Thursday night.
On Monday, the Blues surrendered seven goals in an uncharacteristic 7-1 loss at the Scotiabank Saddledome. St. Louis native Matthew Tkachuk had a career-high five assists while Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and three assists.
"We knew they were going to start aggressive and hard," Ryan O'Reilly said. "They're a very good team with a lot of skill that plays hard. Just right from the get-go, we were kind of on our heels and just kind of watching. Against a team like that, you just can't do that. They took over the game. They dominated us from start to finish. That's not us. That's not our brand of hockey. That's not Blues hockey."
"We have to play them again here right away," Head Coach Craig Berube said. "We're going to take some stuff out of this, learn from it, and move on and play a better game the next time we play them."
The Blues will play two more games at home before getting an extended All-Star break. After Thursday's matchup against the Flames, the Blues host the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday afternoon.
