Strea winning in franchise of 12 blues games no luck: “It means that we are good”
ST. Louis – Robert Thomas skating in the left corner of the defensive area of St. Louis Blues, launched the album with himself with his stick and kept him in his glove.
There is no more time on the clock, so Thomas was not trying to add another point to his amazing totals in recent times. He was recovering the souvenir album from the 12th consecutive Franchising victory of the Blues, a 5-4 victory over the Avalanga del Colorado.
Yes, the club that was the last of the NHL in the 2024-25 season to win Three In a row he has now won a better championship of 12 in a row.
“I am proud of that group inside to be able to overcome all the adversities we have had this year,” said Blues coach Jim Montgomery, who took over in November. “That he was self -inflicted on us, it doesn’t matter, we have passed it. I am proud of that group for what they have reached.”
“It’s very nice,” said goalkeeper Blues Jordan Binnington, who also set a franchise record with his tenth consecutive home victory. “It’s nice to enjoy these moments, especially at home. It is really fun to play here right now, and you can say that there is good energy everywhere.”
12 consecutive victories okay?!?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/prri0p74ux
– St. Louis Blues (@stlouisblues) April 6, 2025
How about this for a certain context:
• Before the series of 12-games victories, the Blues followed the Colorado of 14 points in the Western Conference ranking (83-69). Now there are five points back of the AV for third place in the central division (98-93).
• Before the series, the blues followed the 10-point minnesota Wild in the standings (79-69). Now they are four points in front of the wild for the Jolly n. 1 (93-89).
And as far as we have been done about the blues that has the simplest strength of the program in the Mid-March NHL onwards, the club has some quality victories in this stretch. There was the 5-1 victory at Minnesota, a 4-3 victory over the extraordinary over Vancouver, a 6-1 lopsider on Montreal stripping and two impressive triumphs on the Colorado.
“And we lost some really good and important players in our training,” said Montgomery. “It means that we are good. We are a good hockey team.”
Yes, the blues are now 13-1-1 without Colton Parayko and 1-0 without Parayko and Dylan Holloway, their second leader marker.
They are getting contributions throughout the training, but no one bigger than Thomas, who had a night of 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists). He leads the team with 75 points, despite having lost 12 games at the beginning of this season.
“I can’t say enough positive things about Robert Thomas’s game of 4 nations (face-off),” Montgomery said. “It must be one of the first three NHL markers at that moment.”
In fact, Thomas is the number 1 in the NHL in points from 4 nations, and returns further. From 1 February, he led the whole league with 39 points. It is followed by Nikita Kucherov (37) by Tampa Bay, Nathan Mackinnon (36) of Colorado, Cale Makar (34) and David Pastnak of Boston and Auston Matthews (33 each).
“Is it number 1?” Montgomery said. “Well, here you are.”
Thomas had primary assistance on three of the first four goals of the blues on Saturday, while they opened a 4-0 advantage over the avalanche. He has multiple games in six of his last seven games.
“He doesn’t think, he only plays the game,” said the Blues striker Pavel Buchnevich. “Before, if you do a little to fight, you are thinking too much. He plays like a child and enjoys the moment. I am happy to see him for him a 4 -point game is rather impressive.”
But Thomas’ offense is not what has struck more Montgomery. Since the 4 nations, the center was on the ice for 23 goals for five and only eight against, according to Natural Stat Trick.
“I think what people don’t recognize is how good it was defensively,” Montgomery said. “We are using it against (Nathan) the Mackinnon line all night tonight. It only does an excellent job. His brain is high -end in an offensive and defensive way.”
Tommer in the empty network! Blues Lead 5-3! #stlblues pic.twitter.com/pci2f31n4v
– St. Louis Blues (@stlouisblues) April 6, 2025
Another solid collaborator recently was Zack Bolduc. The 22 -year -old debuting scored two goals on Saturday and with 18 goals this season, is the number 5 on the team behind Jordan Kyrou (33), Holloway (26), Jake Neighbors (22) and Thomas (21).
Bolduc only got 10:24 of Ice Time on Saturday because Montgomery leaned on all four lines, but in five of the 12 games during the winning series, he received over 15 minutes.
“His ice time has increased because he is competing on the records and his ability to play games has increased,” Montgomery said. “The players are rewarded when they play well and play in the right way. Game hard, you will compensate for any errors. We will all make mistakes in this game, but when you play hard and you will have a good thing about the records, good things happen.”
Bolduc, who played in his 68th match of the season-43 more than 2023-24-said he is settling.
“The time has come,” he said. “Lately I played regularly here. To get to know the boys and create a little chemistry here and there. The whole team is playing well. It is fun to be part of it.”
The game of power is particularly satisfied. He played on the bumper, where he is able to unleash his heavy blow, and this is how he scored the first goal of the blues on Saturday.
“It’s incredible how he worked for him in the bumper,” Montgomery said.
With his two goals from Power-Play against Colorado, Bolduc is linked to Kyrou, Hollow and Neighbors for the team with six.
“He is marking a lot and each team is watching the videos, so he will have to adapt, not to do the same things every time,” said Buchnevich, who played the bumper in the past. “All the things he does, practically try to prepare it for the shot. He is the pure shooter, he can mark the goal from anywhere. See the hard work he has done and is paid.”
In the meantime, there is Binnington. He won his seventh consecutive start on Saturday and did not lose at the Enterprise Center from a 3-2 defeat against Edmonton Oilers on February 4th. He has not lost in the home ice regulation from a 5-2 loss against Vancouver Canucks on January 27th.
The veteran Netminder gave up four goals to the avalanche on Saturday, while the Blues saw an advantage to 4-0 to 4-3 and 5-4 late, but if it hadn’t been for Binnington at the beginning of the game, the team series could have been in danger.
Jordan Himington pic.twitter.com/c1wkyqot2q
– St. Louis Blues (@stlouisblues) April 6, 2025
“It was really a collective effort,” Binnington said. “(The backup goalkeeper Joel Hofer) and I played both, and the boys entered and left the formation along the way. We are only finding a way to do it. We have a really good base at this moment, and I think it was our best game tonight in the last three or so.
“(But) it is a humiliating league, so you just have to keep your head down and continue working and find a way and try to find your times to enjoy the moments.”
The blues are moving on Monday, when they travel to Winnipeg, while they conclude the last four games of the regular season.
“I think staying at the moment, taking care of our next game and preparing me (it was the key),” Montgomery said. “Our daily habits have been excellent. We are not discussing where we are in the ranking and we are not talking about those who are injured. We have not talked about any of them once as a group together.”
But with their twelfth consecutive victory and against a contender of the Stanley Cup no less, others could talk more about the blues.
“If you win 12 in a row, you’re thinking of being a good team,” said Buchnevich. “Now people see you do some noise in the championship and people come here knowing that it will be a difficult game. We have the best on the other team.
“It is not only those who score the goals. It is a complete team change, the shift, and it is difficult to play against us. It works right now and continues.”
(Photos of Blues fans who celebrate after Robert Thomas scored an empty goal against the avalanche: Jeff Curry / Image Images)
