St. Louis Blues The Drop Podcast

The first two periods were dominated by great saves form Jake Allen of the Blues and Semyon Varlamov of the Avalanche. There would be no scoring until the third period when Vladimir Tarasenko and Zach Sanford of the Blues scored within fifty seven seconds of each other to give the Blues a 2-0 lead. Jaden Schwartz would add a late empty net goal to give the Blues a 3-0 win and their ninth win in a row.

The Blues get a shutout from goalie Jordan Binnington over the Coyotes. However, it would be the play and scoring of defensemen Joel Edmundson and Robert Bortuzzo that would provide two of the four Blues goals. Vladimir Tarasenko would continue his scoring tear by adding two goals of his own in this the Blues eight straight win.

The Blues scored the first two goals of the game and never looked back. They would score three in the first period, three in the second period, and add two more goals in the third. The Blues were lead in scoring by Alex Pietrangelo and Ivan Barbashev who notched two goals each in the win. The win extends the Blues winning streak to seven games.

Grant joins The Drop for a new and exciting monthly episode called " A View From The Crease". Each month they will be digging deep in to the hot topics circulating around the National Hockey League. In this episode they discuss the Maple Leafs acquiring Jake Muzzin from the Los Angeles Kings and whether or not the Leafs will be able to add any other pieces to their team before the trade deadline. Then they get in depth with the Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and St. Louis Blues. What will the Oilers do? Can they make the playoffs or will they be looking from the outside in. The Flames have a talented team, but what are they looking at doing before the trade deadline. The Blues are one of the hottest teams in the NHL. Is it do to the emergence of their young goalie Jordan Binnington or is there more to their recent success. Is Jake Allen a viable option in goal for the Blues or will they be looking to trade him anytime soon. Will the Blue Jackets move Artemi Panarin or Sergei Bobrovsky

The Blues and Predators could not muster any offense in the first period, but the second period would be a different story. The Blues would get goals from Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Pietrangelo, and Tyler Bozak in the second period. While Nashville would get one goal by Viktor Arvidsson in the second. The Blues looked like they would run away with this game, but Nashville came alive in the third with four goals to take a one goal lead at four to three. Vladimir Tarasenko would tie the game at four with his second goal of the game. Tarasenko would get the game winner just 16 seconds in to the overtime period for his third goal of the game and huge road win for the Blues.

This game started out very physical in the first period. Blues winger Pat Maroon dropped the gloves against Nashville forward Cody McLeod just two minutes and three seconds in to the first period. The Blues would get two goals in this period. One by the young Defensemen Vince Dunn and one by assistamt captain Vladimir Tarasenko. The Predators came in to this game with the worst power play in the league, but got a power play goal in the second period from Mattias Ekholm to make it a two to one game going in to the third period. The Predators came alive in the third. However, they were only able to score one goal when they pulled their goaltender Pekka Rinne with just a few minutes left in the game.

The Blues played their best game of the year on Thursday against the best team in the league the Tampa Bay Lightning. From the drop of the puck until the 3rd period buzzer the Blues pressured the Tampa defense and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy. Blues winger Brayden Schenn had several opportunies to put the Blues on the scoreboard in regulaion, but could not solve the puzzle that was Andrei Vasilevskiy. It would take until the overtime period when Schenn would get the only goal of the game and a huge win for the Blues. The Blues have now one four games in a row for the first time this season.

The Blues are in a heated race with seven other tems in the western conference for the eight and final playoff spot and must win every game they can to reach their goal. They gave up two power play goals to the Panthers before getting three goals in the third period to get out of the Miami area with a much needed two points.

Join Lance as he discusses all of the important Blues topics with Ray and Tim. They discuss Jordan Bennington, Jake Allen, coaching, David Perron, the Blues recent surge, the Blues chances of making the playoffs, and so much more.                                      

Lance opens this episode with a very opinonated discussion about the All Star game's newly showcased technology, the 3 on 3 format, and whether or not the Blues recent success is due to them out hitting their opponents by playing a heavy game. Then he highlights all of the goals scored in this recent win over the Blue Jackest with his opinions and play analysis.

The Ducks took an early 1-0 lead in the first, but the Blues offense came alive with 5 goals to defeat the Ducks and head in to the All Star break on a winning note.

The Blues were coasting along with a 2-0 lead in the first when the Kings got a late goal to get out of the first period down by just one goal. The kings would continue their come back in the second period with two more goals to take a 3-2 lead out of the period. Ryan O'Reilly of the Blues tied it early in the third, but Paul LaDue would get the game winning goal at around the midway point of the period to give the Kings the 4-3 come back win.

The Blues went up 2-1 in the second period on a goal by defensmen Vince Dunn. The Senators would get a short handed goal early in the third period by former Blue Magnus Paajarvi to tie it up at 2-2. Carl Gunnarsson would break the tie and score the game winning goal in the third period. Jordan Bennington would stop 28 of 30 shots by the Senators in the win at home.

The Bruins controlled the first period while testing Blues goaltender Jake Allen. Allen had to make several key saves to keep the Bruins off of the scoreboard in the first period. The Blues would take a 2-1 lead in the second on a goal by Carl Gunnarsson, but fomer Blues captain  David Backes would deflect a shot past Jake Allen for a 2-2 tie headed out of the second period. The Bruins took control in the third with 3 goals to get a home win 5-2.

The Blues and Islanders ran in to two very hot goalies in Jordan Bennington for the Blues and Robin Lehner for the Islanders. They both deserved the win, but Valtteri Filppula scored a goal in overtime as the Blues were trying to make a line change and the Islanders pull out a 2-1 victory at home.

Jake Allen got the start in goal and the only blemish for the game was a goal given up in the first period to future hall of fame player Alex Ovechkin. The Blues goals were scored by Ivan Barbashev, Vince Dunn, David Perron, and Vladsimir Tarasenko.

Tarasenko broke out of his slump with a goal in the first period and one in the third period. Pat Maroon would provide the other goal and rookie Bennington stopped 21 out of 22 saves. 

Jordan Binnington gets his second win in the NHL in just two starts. Bennington keeps the pucks out and the Blues offense was lead by Robert Thomas, Jay Bouwmeester, Sammy Blais, and Oskar Sundqvist. The Blues netminder Bennington stopped 28 of 29 shots on goal. This and much more on this episode of The Drop.

In this episode Lance and Grant discuss the trade possibilities for Blues players such as Tarasenko and Pietrangelo. The Blues coaching changes and how coaches can be succesful. We go around the NHL and discuss the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, their needs, and play so far this season. Its a fun packed podcast for new and old hockey fans alike. Grant gives us an update on the hockey documentary "Making Coco" the story of Grant Fuhr and how it is being received so far by the media, fans, and players alike. Plus, will we be seeing a St. Louis premiere any time soon? If you do not understand how passionate Canadians are about their beloved sport then you must listen to Lance and Grant as they delve in to that topic. There is just to many great topics to list.

The Blues continued their struggles at home against the Stars on Tuesday night. Jake Allen allowed two soft goals and the Blues offense was unable to put a puck past Ben Bishop in this 3-1 loss. Lance reviews the game and gives you his opinion on why this team has struggles and why they will continue to struggle until blaring issues are addressed.