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You can easily fall into the trap of thinking a win will make all the difference for the Blues. Just stop the slide. End the streak, then the tension will slowly dissipate from everybody’s shoulders, and they’ll play free and easy. The things they’re trying to iron out on defense will come easier, and all will be right.

At least that was my first reaction when I heard Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist say, following Thursday night’s shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks in Enterprise Center, “I don’t know what to say. It’s kind of — it’s hard right now, and we just need a freaking win.�

As fans inside PPG Paints Arena celebrated a second Penguins goal against the Blues, Abby Kendall was watching a nightmare unfold.

A man a couple of rows in front of her seat in Section 234 on Monday had attempted to jump sideways from one row to the next while moving toward the staircase separating sections 234 and 201, she said, rather than asking people between him and the stairs to stand.

Blues center Oskar Sundqvist summed up the sentiment in the Blues’ dressing room after the team’s 4-3 shootout loss to Vancouver on Thursday pretty succinctly.

“We need a freaking win,� he said.

The Blues snapped a four-game run without a point and a five-game streak of allowing at least five goals but they couldn’t get the win, losing to Vancouver 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday night at Enterprise Center.

Vancouver’s Jack DeBrusk was the only scorer on the shootout, beating Jordan Binnington to give Vancouver a 1-0 win in the shootout. That made six games in a row without a win for the Blues.

The Blues took Vancouver to a shootout on Thursday night at Enterprise Center but ultimately lost again despite gaining a point.

It was progress but ultimately more frustration for the Blues. Here's what head coach Jim Montgomery, Pius Suter and Oskar Sundqvist had to say afterwards.

The 51ºÚÁÏ’s Matthew DeFranks and Nathan Mills talk about the Blues' five-game losing streak, and how much work there is to do on defense and in the net. Then Detroit-based hockey writer Sean Shapiro joins the show to chat about the two games vs. the Red Wings and the different rebuild strategies in Detroit vs. 51ºÚÁÏ.

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In 2007, I moved to Denver and got to see Sidney Crosby play for the first time in person. The Pittsburgh superstar actually scored two goals — but both times, I was looking down at my BlackBerry.

This became an unfortunate theme, all the way to last year in 51ºÚÁÏ â€” I was tweeting something or other when, right in front of me, the Minnesota Wild’s goalie scored a goal.