from Benjamin Hochman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

Well, Jake Allen escaped January, the Alcatraz of months, the albatross on his past two seasons. And in his first February start, the big-contract goalie was stupendous, stopping 43 Boston shots.

So you could ask — why isn’t he the Blues’ No. 1 goalie?

But Carter Hutton is playing like Jake in that Boston game in every game. He’s won his past four starts, with two shutouts, and allowed just a goal in each of the other two.

So you could ask — why isn’t he the Blues’ No. 1 goalie?

“I don’t want to say that it’s a problem, but if we were, we’d say it was a good problem (to have),” coach Mike Yeo said.

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