The St. Louis Blues returned to the ice for a game for the first time following the 2026 Olympic Games. For the second year in a row, it was weird to see the return of the NHL after international games since the league felt flat in comparison.
Nevertheless, the Blues came to play against the Seattle Kraken. The Blues came out quite well against Seattle and had the better of the play for the first half of the opening period.
St. Louis got the first goal of the game just before the eight-minute mark. Dylan Holloway, returning from his second injury stint, got the opening score, which was his ninth of the season.