Blues' four-game win streak snapped as Islanders come back to win, 4-3 in OT

Matthew DeFranks, St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Mar 10, 2026

Published in Hockey

By clicking submit, I authorize Arcamax and its affiliates to: (1) use, sell, and share my information for marketing purposes, including cross-context behavioral advertising, as described in our Privacy Policy , (2) add to information that I provide with other information like interests inferred from web page views, or data lawfully obtained from data brokers, such as past purchase or location data, or publicly available data, (3) contact me or enable others to contact me by email or other means with offers for different types of goods and services, and (4) retain my information while I am engaging with marketing messages that I receive and for a reasonable amount of time thereafter. I understand I can opt out at any time through an email that I receive, or by clicking here

ST. LOUIS — The streak is over.

The Blues' four-game win streak was snapped in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Islanders on Tuesday night at Enterprise Center.

Mathew Barzal scored the game-winning goal with 2:49 remaining in overtime. Barzal's goal capped a comeback from three goals down for the Islanders.

Jimmy Snuggerud had a three-point night (one goal, two assists) while Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg also scored for the Blues. Robert Thomas had two assists.

The Blues return to the road on Thursday to face the Hurricanes in Carolina.

Here come the Isles

The Blues jumped out to a 3-0 lead about 10 1/2 minutes into the second but the Islanders stormed back in the next 16-plus minutes to tie the game at 3 on Bo Horvat's power-play goal 6:51 into the third period.

Horvat's goal from the bumper was the Islanders' second power-play goal on Pavel Buchnevich's double-minor for high-sticking Calum Ritchie. Exactly one minute before Horvat's goal, Ritchie himself got credit for a goal that made it 3-2, but was accidentally pushed into the Blues net by St. Louis forward Jack Finley.

Ritchie was engaged in a battle at the net-front with Colton Parayko but managed to get a touch on the puck in the crease. Then Finley came in from the side and nudged it over the St. Louis goal line.

The Islanders broke the seal on Hofer with 2:10 left in the second period on Jean-Gabriel Pageau's goal from the right of the net on a rebound of Matthew Schafer's shot on goal.

Pageau's goal snapped Hofer's shutout streak at 104:16, a stretch that included games in Seattle and Anaheim.

It was the third time this season that the Blues blew a lead of at least three goals. They blew four-goal leads in Detroit (Oct. 25) and Nashville (Feb. 2).

Thomas hurt

Thomas was injured with about 12:40 remaining in the first period when a Bo Horvat pass in the neutral zone rode up and caught him in the right hand. Thomas immediately went down the Blues tunnel to receive medical attention and missed the rest of the period.

In the first period, Thomas had only four shifts for 2:48 of ice time.

When he returned, Thomas was productive even if he was limited. He had the secondary assist on Broberg's goal before the injury, then added a primary assist on Jimmy Snuggerud's goal that gave the Blues a 3-0 lead. Thomas appeared to make it a 4-0 game late in the second period — a goal that would have chased Ilya Sorokin for David Rittich — but the goal was called back after Patrick Roy's successful challenge for offside.

Thomas only took one faceoff on Tuesday night, and none after the injury as Dylan Holloway and Snuggerud took the draws on that line. Thomas' right hand is the bottom hand on his stick.

Tuesday was the healthiest the Blues have been in almost four months, as it was the first time since Nov. 28 that no players were hurt. In the last 38 games, at least one Blues player missed each game due to an injury.

Schenn's welcome back

At the first television timeout of the first period, the Blues honored former captain Brayden Schenn with a tribute video that was followed by a rousing ovation by the Enterprise Center crowd.

Schenn appeared emotional on the Islanders bench, then hopped over the boards to salute the St. Louis crowd and point at the Blues bench to thank his former teammates.

“I hope he gets an amazing ovation," Thomas said before the game. "He’s been such a true leader here, such a big part of bringing the city the first Stanley Cup. I know the fans will really show their appreciation for him tonight.”

Schenn won a Stanley Cup with the Blues in 2019 and was the team's captain since the beginning of the 2023-24 season. He was traded to the Islanders on Friday in exchange for a first-round pick, a third-round pick, Jonathan Drouin and goaltending prospect Marcus Gidlof.