from Jeremy P. Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

Blues center Paul Stastny will miss some time after blocking a shot in Friday's 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks.

The club announced that Stastny has flown back to St. Louis and a further update on his status will be given after the team returns to town from its current six-game road trip.

So, the Blues will be without their top-line center Sunday in Winnipeg, Tuesday in Montreal, and likely longer.

Stastny was hit by a slap shot off the stick of Vancouver's Matt Bartkowski with 4 minutes, 10 seconds left in the second period. He left for the locker room and did not return for the remainder of the period.

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