Philip Broberg scored, and Joel Hofer made 29 saves for the Blues (6-9-4), who lost 6-5 in a shootout to the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
“I don’t think it’s high. And it shouldn’t be because we haven’t earned the right to have confidence because we’re not playing with enough desperation and with enough urgency,” St. Louis coach Jim Montgomery said. “And we need to correct that, and we will.”
Saad’s first of the season in his first game against the Blues since being waived by St. Louis last season at 12:52 of the first period made it 1-0 after Matthew Kessel’s giveaway and shot from the slot.
“I feel like I’ve been chomping at the bit here the last few games, so it’s nice for it to go in,” Saad said.
Bowman’s power-play goal at 14:58 made it 2-0 on a one-timer off a quick pass from Dorofeyev to the crease.
“Guys are happy for him; he’s a nice guy,” Cassidy said of Bowman. “They’ve all been through it, so they know how important (the first NHL goal) is. They were cheering him on for sure.
“The power play, let’s face it, it hasn’t been as clean as it was earlier [in the season], and we knew that with Mark Stone out of the lineup, but at the end of the day, we still have lots of good players. It should be better than what it’s been, so that’s good. We probably could have had a couple [power-play goals] tonight. Real nice play on the first one to extend the lead. Now they’ve got to play some catch-up on a back-to-back where things aren’t going well for them. I thought it was very timely as well.”
Hanifin’s first of the season 36 seconds into the second period extended the lead to 3-0 on a shot from the blue line.
“They came out, got an early goal,” Blues defenseman Justin Faulk said. “The life on the bench and the group definitely, to be honest, there wasn’t a ton. It kind of got drained after that. Ultimately, kind of played the rest of the game on auto pilot, it seemed.”
Hertl scored on a breakaway at 11:20 of the third period to make it 4-0 after the Blues fumbled the puck at the offensive zone blue line.
“We wanted to get a good start on the road,” Saad said. “We knew they played last night, so for us, it was just having good details out there and getting on the puck.
