from Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

For six games now, the Blues, their coaches and their fans have been waiting for the light to turn on. Oh, it was good and bright for a while against Calgary, the team’s only win of the season.

But mostly it has flickered, on and off, with sporadic periods of inspired play punctuated by long stretches of what looks like lethargy, carelessness with the puck and a lack of focus on the little details that so often spell the difference between success and failure.

The darkness continued Wednesday with another wrenching loss, this time a 3-2 defeat at the hands of a young, quick Montreal team. With 11 seconds left in regulation, a turnover occurred when defenseman Colton Parayko couldn’t control a spinning puck deep in the St. Louis zone.

It led to a game-winning goal by Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher, sending the crowd of 20,137 at Bell Centre into a delirious state.

As for the Blues, the result left them with a 1-3-2 record. Sure, it’s only six games. But it’s one of the worst six-game starts in franchise history.

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