With Binnington's performance for Team Canada earning plenty of plaudits, the Blues must decide if winning now or later is more important.

It's rare players will drop the gloves in a best-on-best international game, but the United States-Canada round-robin tilt featured three of them within the first nine seconds of play. Brandon Hagel,

St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko will miss six weeks after injuring his knee in a win over the Los Angeles Kings.

ST. LOUIS -- Colton Parayko and Pavel Buchnevich each scored, and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday night. Dylan Holloway and Zack Bolduc also scored for St. Louis, which has won four in a row for the first time this season.

The St. Louis Blues are within striking distance of a Wild Card spot, but grabbing it will be more difficult now than it was only 24 hours ago. That’s because the team learned it will be without Colto

(Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) and defenseman Colton Parayko (55) clear the puck away from Seattle Kraken Matty Beniers (10) during the second period of a hockey game Tuesday, Feb. 25 ...

Jim Montgomery became the the sixth-fastest coach in NHL history to 200 wins, needing 336 games to accomplish the milestone.