The Blues did not skate on Tuesday as they prepare to play the Detroit Red Wings tonight. (Reporter’s note: no cracks about them not skating in last night’s 5-2 loss either).

Blues coach Davis Payne acknowledged he was slightly baffled by a…

When Blues defenseman Erik Johnson posted 18 points in his first 25 games this season, we figured two things:

1. He was quickly shaking off the rust after missing the 2008-09 season with a knee injury.

2. He was blossoming into the offensive defenseman that…

Blues President John Davidson acknowledged Thursday night that the club had “legitimate interest” in trading for Ilya Kovalchuk before the star forward was dealt to New Jersey earlier in the day.”We had been working at it for the better part…

Good teams win hockey games when leading after two periods. Take, for example, the San Jose Sharks, who are 28-0-4 this season when taking a lead into the third period.

Much has been written and said about the Blues’ struggles holding onto third-period…

CHICAGO -  The Blues begin a key stretch of games tonight against the Blackhawks, the first of seven games in 11 days before the Olympic break. Here’s the schedule:

- Tonight at Chicago

- Thursday vs. San Jose

- Saturday vs. Chicago

- Monday at Colorado

-…

The Blues went through a brisk workout on Tuesday prior to boarding the plane for Chicago. Practice ended with the players taking breakaways against netminders Chris Mason and Ty Conklin.

Coach Davis Payne even took a turn, beating Mason through the pads, then…

The Blues are catching up on their rest.

Saturday’s game against Columbus was the team’s 15th in 28 days. Blues coach Davis Payne called off practice Sunday and today’s workout was optional. About a dozen or so guys were on the ice.

Payne…

Rambunctious forward D.J. King was on the practice ice at Scottrade on Saturday morning, but will not be in the lineup tonight. King is back in Blue, recalled after a two-week stint at Peoria to get his skates wet –…

Western Canada was good to the Blues this season. In December, they swept Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver on the road for the first time in club history (27 previous attempts). They went 2-1 on the trip that just ended, making…

EDMONTON - The latest difference of opinion between the Blues and NHL officials has created a stir back home in St. Louis. But a day after a questionable slashing penalty against Paul Kariya led to Vancouver’s game-winning, power-play goal in a…