BLUES The St. Louis Blues will be looking to snap a four-game winless streak on Monday night when they host the red-hot Colorado Avalanche at Enterprise Center.
"It's not a buy-in right now, not enough of a buy-in to team play," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said after a 5-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens over the weekend. "The bottom line is they're all self-inflicted goals tonight. That's just how we look at it."
"If we play the right way, wins will come, points will come," added goalie Jake Allen. "It's no secret the way we play works. We'll get back to it."
AVALANCHE Tyson Jost recorded his first NHL hat trick Saturday to fuel the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-2 road win against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The win extended Colorado's season-opening point streak to eight games (7-0-1).
The Avalanche are the only team in the League without a regulation loss.
Nathan MacKinnon (four goals, seven assists) and Mikko Rantanen (five goals, six assists) each have points in all eight games.
HEAD-TO-HEAD The Blues swept the season series with the Avalanche last season (4-0-0), marking just the fifth time in franchise history the Blues swept a season series with the Avalanche / Nordiques franchise and the first time since the 1991-92 season (2-0-0).
Two of the Blues' wins against Colorado last season required overtime, and another required a shootout.
Monday's matchup will be the first of five meetings between the division rivals this season.
The Blues are 7-1-0 in their last eight games against the Avalanche at Enterprise Center.
