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ST. LOUIS — The Blues are hoping home is where the heart is Matt Murray Jersey , or at least where a strong third period is.St. Louis begins a seven-game home stand as it hosts the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. The Blues come back to Enterprise Center ice after ending a three-game road trip with a thud by surrendering a third period lead and eventually losing in overtime against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.“We won the first period, we won the second period, and we lost the third period badly,” Blues head coach Mike Yeo told NHL.com. “We lost the hockey game. We just didn’t finish it off.”Article continues below ...It’s a familiar synopsis so far this season as the Blues blew a lead in the third period for the third time this season, a big reason why they stumble into the matchup with the Blue Jackets with a 2-3-3 record.Blues goalie Jake Allen said the team needs to change its mentality.“I think we’re scared to lose games right now,” Allen told NHL.com. “We’re behind in the standings, we know that. We know that each point’s crucial, and we’re playing in the third period like we’re scared to lose a game.”St. Louis made a couple of roster moves, sending forwards Sammy Blais and Robby Fabbri to its AHL affiliate in San Antonio.Blais played in eight games this season for the Blues. Fabbri was sent out on a conditioning assignment as he attempts to return from a groin injury suffered during the preseason.St. Louis won both meetings against Columbus last season and the Blue Jackets enter the contest after back-to-back 4-1 losses to the Chicago Blackhawks and Arizona Coyotes.Against Arizona on Tuesday, the Blue Jackets scored 31 seconds into the game but were outplayed the rest of the way.“The plays are there to be made, we’re not making them,” left winger Nick Foligno told NHL.com. “We’re just missing a guy’s stick by an inch or we’re not making the plays fast enough. We’re cycling when we should be passing http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-olli-maatta-jersey , passing when we should be cycling.“We’re out of sync like that. I don’t know what it is.”Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella was not happy with his team’s response against the Coyotes.“The alarming thing to me about tonight’s game is when (Arizona) realized they had a chance to win this one, they go up 3-1, they checked,” Tortorella told NHL.com. “They checked hard and we didn’t have an answer for that. That’s the thing that bothered me the most about tonight’s game, our willingness to get through checking.“We have some work to do. We need to get a little fight in our game. That helps people have success, not wait for success to come to you. You’ve got to have a little determination in your game to have success. Good things will happen that way.”On a bright note, defenseman Seth Jones logged 27:24 of ice time in his season debut after recovering from a MCL sprain.“I thought I made some good offensive plays, some good defensive plays,” Jones told NHL.com. “I don’t know how much I played but I felt pretty good out there.” OTTAWA –The Ottawa Senators will put a three-game winning streak on the table when they host the Boston Bruins at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday night.The Bruins are currently going the other way.After an embarrassing, 7-0 season opening loss to the Washington Capitals, the Bruins (4-2-2) rebounded by winning four in a row, a stretch in which they outscored opponents 22-6.Article continues below ...From there Womens Patric Hornqvist Jersey , they hit the road. And the bumps.First they were swept in Alberta, with 5-2 and 3-2 (overtime) losses to the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, respectively. Then came a 2-1 overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night, a game in which the Bruins held a 31-22 shots advantage but had difficulty solving Jacob Markstrom.“When you are in overtime and your goalie doesn’t stand on his head to get you there, then usually you have played well enough,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said after the game, per NHL.com. “I thought their goalie was really good, made some big saves for them. Our power play finally generated some stuff that we couldn’t get behind him, so I give him a lot of credit. It easily could have gone our way.”Injuries have hit the Bruins hard during their tour of Canada. Already without defenseman Torey Krug (ankle) since training camp, they have lost defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller, plus winger David Backes during the road trip. Yet the players, like their coach Phil Kessel Jersey , feel the results could have been different.“It’s just frustrating,” winger David Pastrnak said, per NHL.com. “Definitely, it doesn’t go the way we wanted on this trip, but we lost back-to-back in overtime, and that can go either way.”Senators goalie Craig Anderson will aim for his fourth consecutive victory on Tuesday. Coming off a 4-3 overtime win over Montreal in which they kept the opponents under 30 shots for the first time this season, the Senators (4-2-1) know they are facing a very dangerous team, led by the line of Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand.That Boston trio combined for 11 points when the Bruins beat the Senators 6-3 in Boston on Oct. 8.“We have to prepare something against the Bergeron line,” Senators coach Guy Boucher told reporters after Monday’s practice. “They are outstanding, plain and simple. As dominant a line as you can get in hockey.”While the Bruins injury list is growing, the Senators are getting players back from their infirmary. Rookie winger Alex Formenton is expected to be in the lineup after missing three games with a concussion. The Senators could also be welcoming back defenseman Cody Ceci Sidney Crosby Jersey , who has missed the last three games with an upper body injury.In either case, Boucher is leaning towards going with the 11-forward, seven defensemen alignment he has favored since the winning streak began.“They’ve been playing great … makes it that much easier,” Ceci said about his teammates. “It’s painful when you’re out of the lineup and you wish you could help. But they’ve been doing a great job without me.”Winger Mark Stone feels the Senators just have to keep doing what they’ve been doing while losing only once in a five-game homestand that concludes against the Bruins.“Play simple, play fast and execute plays when they’re there,” said Stone, who had two goals, including the OT winner, against Montreal. “We’ve got to find a way to limit their best players. I think that line really beat us that (Oct. 8) night. We’ve got to limit their time and space a little bit better than we had done, not just that game, but every game we’ve played against them. I know we’re not the only team that’s had that issue, but if you’re going to beat the Boston Bruins you’ve got to shut down their top guys.”A difficult chore Dougie Hamilton Jersey Womens , to be sure.“I think the way Bergeron plays the game, helps those star players play,” said Stone. “He’s kind of their safety valve. Marchand and Pastrnak both skate so well, they both have such tremendous skill sets, that it allows them to freelance a little bit. That line, they kind of have a little bit of everything, for sure.”