Blues snap three-game skid with 3-0 win over Hurricanes

Matthew DeFranks, St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Jan 13, 2026

Published in Hockey

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ST. LOUIS — The Blues ended their three-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday night at Enterprise Center.

Nick Bjugstad (short-handed), Dalibor Dvorsky and Jimmy Snuggerud (power play) scored for the Blues, who received 32 saves from Joel Hofer. It was Hofer's fourth shutout of the season, which tied him for the most in the NHL, and the first time Carolina has been shut out this season.

Hofer became the first Blues goalie with at least four shutouts in a season since Jordan Binnington had five in 2018-19.

The Blues will await the red-hot Lightning, winners of 11 straight and visitors to St. Louis on Friday night.

Welcome back

In his first game back after missing 15 games due to an upper-body injury, Bjugstad scored his first goal in more than two months when he cashed in on a short-handed odd-man rush at 3:09 of the second period to make it 1-0, Blues.

Bjugstad pressured the puck at the blue line, allowing Justin Faulk to jumpstart a 3-on-1 rush the other way (also with Otto Stenberg). As Nikolaj Ehlers sagged towards the net and allowed Bjugstad space on the wing, Bjugstad faked a slap shot and then picked the far corner past Brandon Bussi.

Bjugstad had not scored since Nov. 6 in Buffalo, and his goal on Tuesday was his fifth of the season. He missed more than a month of action following Nikita Zadorov's hit on him Dec. 9 during a loss to the Bruins. Bjugstad was wearing a tinted visor on Tuesday that helps with light sensitivity for players that have suffered head injuries.

It was also Bjugstad's first goal of the season at Enterprise Center.

Bjugstad's goal kicked off perhaps the Blues' best second period of the season, as they outscored Carolina 3-0 in the middle frame. It was the first time all season the Blues were plus-3 in the second period. Only twice this year were the Blues even plus-2 in the second: Oct. 18 vs. Dallas and Dec. 7 at Montreal.

Young guns firing

Dvorsky and Snuggerud each scored in a 3:04 span during the second period, pushing a 1-0 Blues lead to a 3-0 advantage by the second intermission.

Dvorsky was up first at 9:45, the beneficiary of a pretty all-around passing display on the rush. Jordan Kyrou started the play in his own zone by winning a puck from Jackson Blake and helping it through the neutral zone. Kyrou spotted Tyler Tucker trailing the play and his area pass to the left wing allowed the Blues space to operate in the offensive zone.

Tucker found Neighbours low, and he found Dvorsky camped out at the net-front for his seventh goal this season.

Snuggerud struck about three minutes later on the power play in a goal that was reminiscient of Neighbours' power-play goal three nights earlier in Vegas. After the Blues allowed a short-handed rush by the Hurricanes (Brayden Schenn blocked a shot to quell the threat), St. Louis had a 4-on-2 rush the other way.

Kyrou held off Jordan Martinook to drop a pass to Snuggerud. He let it rip from the right circle that beat Bussi on his glove side.

Mailloux extended

The Blues signed defenseman Logan Mailloux to a one-year contract extension worth $850,000, the team announced just after puck drop against the Hurricanes. Mailloux was set to become a restricted free agent this summer.

Mailloux arrived in St. Louis last year via a trade with Montreal that sent Zack Bolduc the other way. The 22-year-old right-handed defenseman has had an up-and-down debut season with the Blues, a campaign that has included healthy scratches, a trip to the AHL and a minus-21 rating.

He entered Tuesday with one goal and one assist in 31 games.

Signing Mailloux continues general manager Doug Armstrong's spree of completing extensions for Blues with expiring contracts. Nathan Walker and Cam Fowler signed extensions in the preseason, while Alexey Toropchenko, Philip Broberg and Mailloux have each signed extensions in the last week.

Mathieu Joseph, Oskar Sundqvist and Robby Fabbri are the remaining pending UFAs, and Dylan Holloway, Jonatan Berggren and Matthew Kessel are the remaining pending RFAs.