There figured to be plenty of distractions for the Blues in the days leading up to Monday’s Winter Classic game outdoors at Busch Stadium. Family and friends descending to town.
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Blues 55 mins ago 11:13 p.m.Blues flop late again, fall 5-2 to Lightning
Repeated deficiencies cost the Blues again heading into the Christmas holidays, and they’ll have a week to stew on losing a two-goal lead on the road again. It started out as what was going to be a feel-good story for Wade Megan, who the Blues recalled earlier in the day from the Chicago Wolves to play in his first NHL game because of the upper-body injury to Paul Stastny, and Megan scored his first NHL goal, but a common theme for the road bit the Blues again, and they succumbed to the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Thursday at Amalie Arena.