{"id":61961,"date":"2019-11-20T14:02:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=61961"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T04:12:40","slug":"st-louis-blues-winger-sammy-blais-day-to-day-with-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/11\/20\/st-louis-blues-winger-sammy-blais-day-to-day-with-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Blues Winger Sammy Blais Day-to-Day with Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues announced that winger <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blaissa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sammy Blais<\/a><\/strong> is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Few words were shared about what&#8217;s plaguing the winger, although the team did note that they&#8217;ll learn more about the situation on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sammy Blais is day to day, Berube said they&#39;ll know more on him tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stlblues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#stlblues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lou Korac (@lkorac10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lkorac10\/status\/1197224307832901633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blaissa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sammy Blais<\/a> Injured<\/h2>\n<p>Blais&#8217; injury is the third significant injury in St. Louis. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/steenal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Steen<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tarasvl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladimir Tarasenko<\/a><\/strong> have also fallen to injury, with both expected to miss significant time. Tarasneko, in particular, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/10\/28\/st-louis-blues-vladimir-tarasenko-out-at-least-five-months-after-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">isn&#8217;t expected to return until the post-season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To address these absences, the Blues have significantly mixed up their roster. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bozakty01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Bozak<\/a><\/strong> was placed on the top line&#8217;s right-wing for Tuesday&#8217;s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomaro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Thomas<\/a><\/strong> was moved to the third line&#8217;s centre position. Through their tenures with the Blues, neither player had played in either position.<\/p>\n<p>Blais&#8217; role was fairly uncertain as well. He had seen some ice time on the second line, alongside <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oreilry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan O&#8217;Reilly<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/perroda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Perron<\/a><\/strong>, but has recently receded to the third line wing. Nonetheless, Blais has netted eight points in 20 games so far this year. This doubles his regular-season totals from last season, which he set in 32 games. He&#8217;s averaging almost four minutes more in ice time this year as well, clearly earning the team&#8217;s trust.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to pay the team back for the added responsibility, Blais has led the Blues in hitting for almost the entire season. He currently sits at 70 hits, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nhl\/st-louis-blues-team-stats?season=2019&amp;category=DEFENSE&amp;group=1&amp;sort=11&amp;time=0&amp;pos=0&amp;team=0&amp;qual=0&amp;sortOrder=0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">per Fox Sports<\/a>. This is 20 hits more than <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barbaiv01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Barbashev<\/a><\/strong>, who ranks second.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are speculating what could be plaguing Blais, who played in almost the entirety of Tuesday&#8217;s game. He sustained both a cut above the eye and an awkward hit into the board that many believe hurt his wrist. Still, the injury news comes as a surprise. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/delarja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob de La Rose<\/a><\/strong> is likely to take over in Blais&#8217; absence. If Blais misses significant time, the team is also open to calling up one of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkena01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan Walker<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kyroujo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Kyrou<\/a><\/strong> from the AHL.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ACiUT336RXZeaRusa7Q0yw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1178648139\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ACiUT336RXZeaRusa7Q0yw',sig:'yCPApuj-fb_WUi8n6V2p85zu7JEEPlvcWCMeNyS8nrk=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1178648139',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Blues announced that winger Sammy Blais is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Few words were shared about what&#8217;s plaguing the winger, although the team did note that they&#8217;ll learn more about the situation on Thursday. Sammy Blais is day to day, Berube said they&#39;ll know more on him tomorrow. #stlblues &mdash; Lou [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1628,"featured_media":61963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6671,34],"tags":[37,1873,2344,38,3799,39],"class_list":["post-61961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blues","category-injuries","category-news","tag-hockey","tag-jacob-de-la-rose","tag-jordan-kyrou","tag-nhl","tag-sammy-blais","tag-st-louis-blues"],"modified_by":"Gabriel Foley","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1628"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}