St Louis Blues Though it was no laughing matter, Blues centre Ryan O'Reilly was trying to make light of the

sickness that held him out for four games and his attempts to recover back in November. After going without a point

in his first four games back from COVID, O'Reilly said, "I'm starting to think that losing my hands and hockey sense is a

COVID symptom, the way I've been playing. I'm fighting with the puck and making bad mistakes. It's dissatisfying.

When you look at O'Reilly's entire season, however, it's evident that there were two sides to it: one early in

the season, when he only had five goals in 27 games before the Christmas break, and another later in the season

highlighted by his goal against the Rangers. The St. Louis Blues are a  professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri

They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). Founded in 1967

as the Kansas City Scouts, they were renamed the Blues after relocating  from Kansas City in 1972. In 1974, the franchise