Shutout on Home Ice.

The Blues were shutout at home for the second time in a row. Now that is worrisome for the Blues. If you can’t win and score at home then problems persist. I feel a crumble coming to another St Louis team

Sharks Bite Blues

The Blues, who were blanked at home for the second straight game, have lost six of seven at the Scottrade Center. Blues goalie Manny Legace stopped 17 shots.

“You can give (Nabokov) credit for a lot of it, but we’ve got to start scoring goals,” the Blues’ Brad Boyes said. “We had chances. You’ve got to bear down. This is the NHL here. We’ve got to start scoring.”

It appeared that the Blues would get at least a point, as the game was scoreless with less than 4 minutes left in regulation. But Michalek took advantage of a clearing pass that bounced off a skate behind the net and went straight to the slot. He beat Legace with a one-timer from the between the circles with 3:55 left.

Joe Thornton got an assist for his team-leading 42nd point.

The teams combined for 28 shots in the first two periods. St. Louis had a two-man advantage for 1:33 late in the second period. But a wide-open Martin Rucinsky fanned on a centering pass from just outside the crease.