St. Louis Blues forward Nathan Walker, from Australia, epitomizes the gumption needed to play in the National Hockey League.

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the little guys in the NHL who play a big game. Sure, there’s the likes of Martin St. Louis and Theo Fleury, but those guys were mostly skill players. Sure,

Home ice continues not to provide an advantage for the Blues. They lost to the Dallas Stars 2-0 Saturday night at Enterprise Center to fall to 11-12-1 on their own rink. By losing for the third time in four games overall, the Blues slipped back to 23-23-4 for the season and fell further off the pace in the Western Conference playoff chase.

Zack Bolduc simply has to embrace the moment. The St. Louis Blues forward, a healthy scratch the past two games, will step back into the lineup on Saturday when the Blues (23-22-4) host the Dallas Stars (30-17-4) at 6 p.

Brayden Schenn scored twice, Jordan Kyrou had his 20th goal and the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night to sweep a two-game set in St. Louis.

On Thursday night, for the second time in three days, the Calgary Flames faced the St. Louis Blues on the road. For the second time in three days, they were held to just a single goal and just couldn’t muster enough offence to overcome their mistakes.

St. Louis earned a hard-fought 2-1 win over Calgary, keeping the Blues close to the Flames in the standings, with a rematch coming Thursday.

ST. LOUIS — In Utah last weekend, St. Louis Blues coach Jim Montgomery benched linemates Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich. He followed that up by separating the two for the next game against the Vegas Golden Knights and the start of the teams’ rematch Thursday night.

Flames: Calgary has won just one its last 11 games against St. Louis. St. Louis Blues' Nathan Walker, left, and Calgary Flames' Brayden Pachal (94) fight during the third period of an NHL hockey ...

Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over Winnipeg Jets on Monday night. Logan Cooley, Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli and Clayton Keller also scored to help Utah win its second consecutive home game.

Jake Neighbours and Brayden Schenn both scored in the shootout as the St. Louis Blues, despite blowing a two-goal lead in the final 3:10 of regulation, pulled out a 5-4 shootout victory over the slumping Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Las Vegas.