KERBSIDE - REACTION - Game 68 @ CGY - Breakdown, Highlights, Reaction, a 2-1 SO LOSS

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Well, last night in Calgary, the St. Louis Blues fell to the Calgary Flames by a score of two to one.

In a game that went to a shootout, and it's the first time since January 12th of 2023,

over three full calendar years that the Calgary Flames have beaten the Blues,

and it's only the third time that Calgary is won a game in the last 19 games between these two teams,

but it was a crazy one and a wild one, and we'll tell you why here in just a moment.

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Well, it was a wild one in Calgary last night.

The St. Louis Blues gave up a goal to Conor's Erie 234,

in just the second time this season.

The Calgary had scored on their first shot of the game.

But then before the Blues could tie it up,

one to one with a goal by Holloway at 347 to the second,

Calgary had scored twice, or so they thought.

The Blues challenged both.

One would be negated because of an offside call.

The other would be negated because the puck was played off of a high stick.

That gave the Blues a chance to tie the game.

Then, once they tied the game,

it looked as if Calgary had gone ahead and scored again.

Not so fast.

It was offside again.

The third challenge of the game for the Blues successful.

That's only happened one other time in NHL history,

and that was when the Edmonton Oilers had three successful challenges

on March 20th of 2023 against the San Jose Sharks.

The Blues were successful three times.

It gave him a chance to stay in it.

The game would go to overtime.

The Calgary Flames would get a power play with Pablo Butch-Navitch,

penalized for high-sticking.

The Blues killed it.

The penalty kill was four for four in the game,

including that overtime one.

And eventually, the game did go to the shootout.

The Blues ended up shooting second.

They did not score in the shootout.

The Flames had frost shoot first.

He missed.

Then neighbors missed for the Blues.

Farah B would get a goal for Calgary.

Snuggaroo would miss for St. Louis.

And eventually, it would be gridden getting the win

for the Calgary Flames and the Flames beat the Blues by a score of two to one.

Let's get you to the highlights.

Along the near side,

that one's poked away and cleared out.

Around Tyler Tucker,

Zary coming into the middle.

The Strom has it down low.

Zary back in her head and score.

Wast-fuck in the offensive blow line.

Pick it out of your net down in the other end.

The Calgary takes first blood here tonight at the Saddle Dome.

There's a lot of just the two shots.

Here's the Flames coming back in.

Back to her score.

Broken play on another turnover.

After the Koji challenge,

it was determined that at 721,

the play was offside.

We have no goal.

Zary over to the far away,

sharing Govind's score.

What a shot.

He's settled about to come get her.

You're going to blow the whole bird.

Two to the count, three, two, three, six.

They go on the first period.

After a footer and a new,

the play was tough for the high state.

There's four to the whole point.

Strong who assisted on Zary's goal,

two-thirty-four into the first.

Lost it.

They bring it out, snuck a room with Holloway.

The Holloway shooting score!

That was snuck past the goal, tenor Kohli.

He didn't even know it, Joe.

We're tied one-one.

Straight away, may you one-tight,

or on Kohli's far-circle on.

And it rolled up on the blade of Duran,

as he trained to cost ice it to over to Brober.

Two guys, let Farah be low!

Zary scores.

This can be an occasion with Brober in me.

They let Farah be go behind him

in the play, drinking the lead to the one.

Nine-fourty.

Gone in the second.

But they are going to challenge.

This is offside, I believe.

This is going to be the third challenge

for the St. Louis Blues, I believe.

I close his challenge for St. Louis Blues.

They won it.

They shoot it.

On the goal, Hofer dropped it, puts it to the endboards,

and kills the time.

He did not want another face-off in that zone.

One-one to score.

Free hockey coming up next here in Calgary.

Butch-Navish.

Six seconds.

Brings it in.

Shoot's it wide.

Brober.

Back hands.

Butch-Navish.

Backhand are on.

One-one to go.

Shoot out on the way.

Calgary.

Looking for their first win over the Blues.

This is 2023.

They shoot score.

Credit gets the goal.

Neighbors slams his stick.

Looking down the whole way.

Plays get the two-one win over the Blues,

and it's shoot out here tonight.

Those are your highlights with reaction from the game.

Let's check in with a locker room report.

All right, Curbs, let's kick off this locker room report

hearing from a Blues forward.

That had a goal last night.

This is Dylan Holloway.

Yeah, I mean, I don't think we started off

very good in that first period.

We were sitting back, and then second was a bit better,

and I thought towards the end of the game

that we were getting our chances.

But we got to put together more of a complete game,

and we had a lot of chances too.

We got to bury out some of those.

Great pass.

Great play all the way around.

Great play in the defensive zone by Tomor.

Up to Snuggys, like me, a great pass to Over.

To be honest, I thought I shot in his chest,

and I was in the corner kind of swearing at myself,

but I was lucky enough for it to go in.

Yeah, 100%.

Yeah, I think it's my first goal here.

So that was special.

I got lots of friends and family in town.

So definitely special,

but what I'd like to get the two points instead.

Yeah, he's unbelievable for us.

He's honestly been unbelievable all year.

He's just a pillar in the back for us.

Every time him and Bennett are in that,

we have a chance to win.

So it's nice having our goal is so solid,

and we just got to come up bigger for them.

Yeah, I mean, grew up coming to games at the dome.

I feel like the dome's been part of the Calgary skyline forever,

it's just an iconic building.

So I mean, I have a sauce spot for the dome.

I'm kind of sad to see it go,

but I think the new scholarship place is going to be cool too.

Once again, that was Blues Forward, Dylan Holloway.

Let's wrap up this locker room report

hearing from another forward.

This is Robert Thomas.

Yeah, they came out quite hard.

They really took it to us that first period.

And we didn't really find our legs

until closer to the middle end of the game.

And just weren't able to get enough to the net

and enough high quality chances.

So yeah, not our best tonight.

Yeah, obviously we got lucky there.

You know, we weren't playing well.

Flames came out hard and made some good plays.

And yeah, we definitely got lucky.

You know, we went down two or three there.

Yeah, you know, a great play.

You know, our defense when the puck in the D zone

and you know, we get a ration.

You know, Snaggy makes a great play

and Holly with a good finish.

So it was a big goal for us.

Yeah, you know, obviously not the best start to the road trip.

You know, we felt like we played really good in Winnipeg

and not so good tonight.

So, you know, we got two days off to the rest

and get ready for the next one.

Once again, that was Blues Forward.

Robert Thomas following his team's two-to-one

shootout loss to the Calgary Flames last night.

Let's get you back to Curbs.

Here's the head coach of your St. Louis Blues, Jim Montgomery.

Well, it was a toss up because we were fortunate.

You know, there was a high stick and two offsides.

I mean, Calgary out,

competed us out, played us for the first two periods.

Third period, we had more, we were more connected.

We were able to create more chances, more ozone time.

But in the end, you know, you can't just play

15 good minutes, expect to win in this league.

Yeah, I mean, Elliot Mandu and Ryan Stacey,

they've done a great job all year.

I think that we've had one challenge

that we've been overturned all year, or two, sorry, two.

But, you know, the challenges, especially the off-sides,

it's just your fortunate.

They're pretty obvious, the off-sides ones.

Because of the great imaging that they give us.

Yeah, I mean, it was really good on that four-on-three sequence.

You know, his resiliency,

but just being able to move on to the next play

has been really good for us all year long.

Yeah, I mean, that line's been producing for us

and he's done a really good job

since he's come back here from, you know,

from the high ankle sprain he had earlier in the year.

And then, you know, Jake Neighbors-2's from this area,

so we got two Calgary boys.

After the game, a lot to break down.

The Blues were chasing this one right from the start.

Just couldn't get to the top of the mountain and find a lead.

And that's where we start with Joe Vitale.

Yeah, it's unfortunate, you know, to me,

this game reminded me so much of the Blues, you know,

climbing a mountain that was in the middle of a rain storm

where they just couldn't get their footing.

They would gain a little bit of ground.

They would fall back.

They'd gain a little bit of more ground.

You fall back.

The big story of the game, you know,

even though they start slow,

Calgary took a tool in the first two periods.

Was the coaching staff.

Of course, led by Elliott Mundo

and of course, Jim Montgomery making the decision

to challenge three plays.

And offside, then a high stick, then another offside.

All three in favor of the St. Louis Blues

to keep the game at one nothing.

Eventually, Dylan Holloway gets on the board,

makes it one to one.

Curbs, I'd say with that third period,

they had so many opportunities to get that go ahead goal.

We saw a broker.

We saw a parake.

We saw Jake Neighbors with hitting the post.

I mean, so many golden opportunities

to pull away in this game.

And it goes to show you with gold tending

and good fortune every now and then,

you're going to find yourself in these games.

For the Calgary Flames here, they pushed it.

This is a relentless group.

Jim Montgomery talked about it this morning.

Yes, no cadre.

Yes, no interested.

Yes, no Mackenzie Weeger.

However, it's a young group.

They have a lot of second, third efforts.

We saw that here in tonight's game

and it took a shoot out where two shooters

for the Calgary Flames ended up scoring

past your hole for to walk away with the two points.

Yeah, now the Blues do get one point.

They move themselves, you know,

back to within six points of a playoff spot.

We'll see what happens.

You know, while they're off over the next two days,

traveling to Vancouver, you know,

but again, if you keep kind of focused

on really what you're looking at right now

from I'd say a fan standpoint

and a Blues management standpoint,

you're looking for can you see some of these young guys play

impactful minutes?

And we did see some of that tonight.

I mean, curved.

It's a four on three in the overtime.

Probably butch-navage gets a high-sticking penalty

over time to put the flames up for three.

And the time out and they send out Logan Mayu

with golden break on the bench.

I mean, to me, that's just one of many signs you see.

You see Theo Lindstein playing late in the third period,

jumping up in the rush, you know,

joining the rush, staying around the offense on the goal line

for a young player to have the green light

to go ahead and the confidence to do that.

And again, two thumbs up.

I thought it was another terrific night

for this snuggler relying with Thomas and Dylan Holloway.

You know, they manufactured a lot of chances.

You know, so yes, absolutely.

Plenty of opportunities for young players.

I think you can continue to see the growth.

You want to be in these games.

You want to be in these late games.

One one late, overtime, shoot out.

These players have got to feel what this feels like.

The pressure of what that puck,

that puck feels a little bit heavier

and your stick's a little bit shaker

with a one-one game late,

opposed to maybe a four-nothing game in favor

or as a deficit.

So all things considered,

I think that you see the growth.

You see the accountability.

You see the opportunity.

And not to mention just the opportunity,

but a lot of these young players curved.

They're grabbing what they're given

and they're taking full advantage of it

and they're making some really nice plays with it.

For good chunk of that third period,

the Blues down in defense.

When we saw Tyler Tucker take a spill,

looked like an ankle-type injury.

As he went off, he did not come back.

So we saw the Blues have to bridge that gap.

Now they've got extra defenseman on this trip

in Matt Kessel being one, Justin Hall,

of course being another one.

But in the end,

we'll have to see how that one plays out for him.

From a Blues standpoint, overall,

you look at this game

and I think you look at it as pretty fortunate

to get away with one point.

You are 100%.

I mean, this game could have got away from them pretty quickly

and it should have.

Now again, it's hard to say that they're good fortune

because the rules are the rules

and the rules were called the right things.

I mean, it was offside twice.

It was high stick once.

So I'm not going to say you're going to say

that their fortunes were good,

but an inch here, an inch there,

maybe one of those stays on side

and they're in the back of your net.

I think the good fortune part is

all the D's on turnovers who saw in this game.

One of them from Colton Paraco led to the one goal call back.

We saw four in that first period.

I'm not sure what they ended up coming up

two over the third period and over time.

But way too many careless turnovers,

again, it was a team that had two days off on the road,

which is very rare.

You know, and then even another two days off

and being coupers starting tomorrow.

Another very, it's a rarity when you see things like this.

You never know how the group's going to come out.

Are they going to be super focused and energized?

To me, it looked like they were a step behind.

Almost that their timing was a little bit off

and they weren't on the same page.

It led to the turnovers.

Turnovers led to chances

and a very early push by the Cowrigree Flames.

Too much for Joel Hofer,

but like I said, the coaching staff on top of it.

Three calls in their favor.

Capit 1-1 with Blues eventually earned a point here.

You know, we said in the pregame show

that coming into this game,

there's certain lines and groups of guys

that there's still more to see from them

here down the stretch.

And I think we come out of this game

if we're being honest and fair about it,

saying the exact same thing.

And it's that same grouping.

You mentioned that the Thomas line.

I mean, those guys looked all over it.

They were creating chances.

I don't think that there was enough consistency

through the other three.

I didn't mind the kid line,

you know, with Dvoriski and Stemberg so much.

But the other two,

there's more impact that you can have in a game.

Yeah, there's no doubt about it.

I mean, I thought Dvoriski's line had had legs.

I agree. I thought out of Stemberg.

This is maybe one of his best games.

He had a few really good opportunities

and good shots late to tie.

Or excuse me, excuse me, get the go ahead goal

in that third period.

He just missed on a couple,

you know, with Dvoriski Stemberg.

And then I liked Jonathan Drew in as well.

You know, to me, it was really those veteran lines

that I think that they need more from,

you know, that Bootsnavish line,

right between Kairu and Jake Neighbors.

Jake does hit the crossbar there

in the final minutes of the game

that could have put the blues ahead as well.

Had some spurts of moments,

but you need to see that line drive.

That line has to be a driver.

You can't lean just on the Thomas line every single night.

So they got to start finding more chemistry

with Bootsnavish in the middle of those two guys.

I know Jake Neighbors offensively.

He feels a little snake bit lately.

He needs to get going there.

Jordan Kairu, he's a driver.

Again, this is a guy that scored 30 goals

in the last three seasons.

You just need more offense from him.

We're not seeing it.

And then that fourth line,

I wouldn't be shocked if we see Jim Montgomery

continue to go back to the well

and change things up for this vancouver game.

You know, is it a,

is it a Jack Finley that comes out

for the first time as a St. Louis blue?

Do you put it in the Oscar Sunquist?

You have a little bit more energy to Nathan Walker.

Puse Souter, he is your fourth line winger.

They didn't move around.

To me, you got to keep him in somewhere.

You can't take Puse Souter out of the line up.

But I don't think he belongs on that fourth line.

So maybe something around that second third line

has to give,

and then you give some fourth line a little bit more magic.

But, you know, again, there's so much emphasis

and there's so much pressure right now

on this Thomas line.

They delivered again here tonight

with the Holloway goal.

But you certainly are going to need a little bit more depth,

depth, especially from that second and fourth line.

Because those are your experience players.

It no better.

All right, Joe, thank you very much.

All right, next up for the Blues.

They've got a game on Saturday

against the vancouver connects.

The Blues did pick up a point on a playoff spot.

There's six points out.

That is a pretty big gap when you've only got 14 games to go.

But two days off for the Blues

and then again, a game against the worst team

in the NHL this season.

The vancouver connects coming your way Saturday.

That's a six o'clock face-off time.

The one thing, and I keep repeating this over and over

and we'll wrap up the podcast with this.

Joe mentioned it during the breakdown.

When you start to look, and there was a scoring chance

in that second period where the St. Louis Blues

had the shooter plus the two guys

that passed the puck for the assist.

It was Davorsky, Linstein, and Stenberg.

All three first-round picks from the 2023 Blues NHL draft.

You're starting to see the impact of that change

that the St. Louis Blues made when they decided to sell off

some veteran players, get some draft picks.

And here it is three years later,

they're playing minutes for the St. Louis Blues.

Whether the Blues are able to climb back into the playoff spot

or not, whether they end up staying where they're at

and keep a top five pick,

I think either scenario, frankly,

would be great for this franchise.

But the reality of it is, is you're seeing something

that the St. Louis Blues have been really good at, drafting.

You have to have good scouts, smart scouts, and smart drafting.

If you're going to succeed, the way the Blues did for as many years

when you're picking late in the first round.

Maybe you're picking middle, you're picking middle

in the second round.

You've got to have second and third-round picks,

a third-round pick like Colton Parake

or Jordan Bennington impacting your team

for a long time to come.

The one thing the Blues have had over the last 20 years,

fantastic scouting and whether that's gone from

Yarmul Kekalainen's group to Bill Armstrong's group,

both events stepped into GM roles.

And now it's on Tony Feltran who clearly shows

that he knows what he's doing with his group.

When you look at the draft picks

that the St. Louis Blues had playing in this game,

that's exciting.

The Blues have three draft picks coming up

in this 2026 draft on top of it all.

But you're getting to see some of these young guys play,

get good minutes and actually be impactful.

You're seeing some exciting things

which gives you a lot of hope for a bright future

for the St. Louis Blues despite this season

being a little bit down from where they thought it would go.

So a lot of good stuff coming on the horizon.

Folks, that's not just blowing smoke.

That's reality.

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