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The St. Louis Blues fans are grumbling after another exit in the playoffs due to an anemic offense from the same cast of characters.

Louis Blues fans see as decades of playoff failures does not register on the vision of general manager Doug Armstrong.

Mouth agape, Ken Hitchcock struggled to process the buzzer-beater that crushed the St.

During regular-season games, players and coaches are loathe to use the phrase "must-win" game.

This is do or die time for the Blues, who are winless in LA in their past two seasons, playoffs included.

May 8, 2013; St. Louis, MO, USA; Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov celebrates his game winning goal against the St.

Slava Voynov scored on an odd-man rush at 12 minutes of overtime and the Los Angeles Kings beat the St.

Jeff Carter #77 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates his goal against the St. Louis Blues in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Scottrade Center on May 8, 2013 in St.

It is also the most difficult competition in the world, now taking sixteen total victories in four rounds to win a championship.

St. Louis forward David Backes, top, is the latest player in the physical Blues-Kings series who may be hurting, though coach Ken Hitchcock isn't saying.

Let's make this clear from the start: missed calls didn't lose the game for the Blues .

The first two games of the NHL quarterfinal playoffs between the St. Louis Blues and the Los Angeles Kings, have supplied enough excitement, energy and suprises to make up for the entire 34 regular season games that were missed due to the NHL lockout.

In the 2012 playoff series between the same clubs, the LA Kings were the ones forcing the Blues to make adjustments.

Barret Jackman's first career playoff goal came with 50.4 seconds to play as the St.

For the second year in a row, EA Sports is holding a contest where fans get to vote for their favorite player to adorn the cover of the next edition in the NHL video gaming series.

First blood: St. Louis' Alex Pietrangelo and Los Angeles' Jordan Nolan vie for the puck during the Blues' 2-1 win on Tuesday.

Blues forward T.J. Oshie is set to play in his first game since March 28. The Blues will have a different look for Game 1 of their opening NHL playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night -- at least different than their look in the last 15 games.

St. Louis has to be pleased it's made the playoffs for a second straight year, but the Blues can't be thrilled about drawing the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round.

Lighthouse Hockey is an Islanders -focused site, but we have an annual tradition of polling our readers to pick each playoff series.

The Kings were 3-0 against the Blues this season. How were these results driven by the underlying numbers and what can we expect in this series? The Kings will face the Blues in the post-season for the second year in a row.