The St. Louis Blues could be an interesting team to monitor as the March 7 trade deadline approaches in the NHL. They're not that far out of a playoff spot.

On the road, the goals haven’t – and won’t – come as easily as they have at Nationwide Arena, so the Blue Jackets have to be able to bear down and play enough defense to get wins. On this night, they did that in the shadow of the Gateway Arch.

Blues not ready to start a game again; missed scoring opportunities, including tap-ins, posts; penalty kill getting beat in similar fashion

Zach Werenski was slightly annoyed. The Columbus Blue Jackets were in a tailspin and on the way to another playoff-less spring. The defenceman was spending hour after hour at the team's practice facility searching for answers.

Evason knew he was taking on a challenge, but he expected to have Monahan playing with forward Johnny Gaudreau, his close friend and former Calgary Flames teammate. He expected to have captain Boone Jenner and defenseman Erik Gudbranson to lead a group of skilled young players.

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Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 33 shots in his second shutout of the season and Dallas beat St. Louis. Esa Lindell scored a power-play goal, Miro Heiskanen had an assist for the fourth straight game and Dallas won for the seventh time in its last nine road games.

The first major domino on the NHL trade market has fallen. On Jan. 24, the Colorado Avalanche dealt elite winger Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forwards Martin Necas and Jack Drury.

Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis due to a lower-body injury, coach Bruce Cassidy said Thursday.

Toronto Maple Leafs' Ryan Reaves and Mathieu Olivier of the Columbus Blue Jackets traded heavy punches in the opening minutes of Wednesday's tilt.

New York Islanders defenceman Noah Dobson is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, the team announced on Thursday.

A number of promising pickups are on waiver wires in fantasy hockey leagues. Here are players to add this week.