Blues are bad on back to backs....
The Blues will play 17 sets of back-to-back games this season, compared to 14 in 2008-09 and 12 in 2007-08. The Blues have played 11 of those sets as of Feb 9. They will play the second game of a back-to-back tonight at home against Detroit.
The Blues are 25-25-9 overall after last night's ugly loss in Denver. In the first game of a back-to-back, the Blues are 8-3-2. In the second game they are 3-7-2.
One of those three wins was in Sweden against the Detroit Red Wings. That was the second game of the season when Detroit was still working in new parts.
The other two wins were against the Edmonton Oilers, the worst team in the league and a "soft touch" at any point on anyone's schedule. One of those wins against the Oilers was a 7-2 blowout against rookie fill-in goalie Devan Dubnyk.
On average, NHL teams win the second game just under 40 percent of the time. But teams in the playoff hunt find a way to win more of them than they lose.
For example, the division leading Chicago Blackhawks will play 19 sets of back-to-back games before the season ends. So far they are 10-1-2 in the second game of a back-to-back.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/3...g-playoff-push