from Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

There are only so many points you can expect to get when you score as little as the Blues are right now. They snuck out one point on Wednesday against Chicago when they scored just one goal but on Thursday, one goal was not enough to get anything.

Even though the Blues took a rare early lead, scoring less than four minutes into the game, they never scored again and gave up three goals in about 6 ½ minutes spanning the second and third periods and fell 3-1 at Bridgestone Arena.

“I think after a while you start living on one goal, you’re not going to win many games,” coach Ken Hitchcock said.

“We had chances to score more than one goal,” said left winger Jaden Schwartz. “We couldn’t find a way and only end up scoring one. It’s tough to keep winning when you only score one or two goals.”

It has become the theme of this season for the Blues, and considering the struggles have spanned pretty much the whole season, this may soon no longer be a slump and start being the team’s identity.

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