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The St. Louis Blues let another one get away from them Thursday night.

After taking an early 2-0 lead against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the club surrendered four straight goals en route to a 7-4 drubbing. It marked the second straight game in which the Blues coughed up a two-goal lead after doing so against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.

Thursday's loss sees the team now just two points out from last place in the Central Division. The Blues entered this season with high expectations following an impressive offseason, which is why head coach Mike Yeo admits his job should be on the line after their rough start.

"Heck, my job should be in question right now," Yeo said, according to The Athletic's Jeremy Rutherford. "Of course that comes with the trade. But I'm not going to coach to try to save my job. I'm going to coach to try to win the Stanley Cup. I believe in this group, so whatever we need every single day, I'm going to try to do that."

Luckily for Yeo his players appear to have his back.

"There is no question, anyone thinking he (does) not deserve to be here, we support him," Vladimir Tarasenko said of Yeo. "We believe in him, that's why he's our coach right now, and we will (fu-----) play for him so hard. So there's no question about (whether the) team doesn't believe in the coach."

This summer the Blues added forwards Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Bozak, and Patrick Maroon to a roster that already boasted studs in Vladimir Tarasenko, Brayden Schenn, and Alex Pietrangelo.

To the Blues' credit, they've scored the third-most goals in their division this season, but they've also given up the most in the Central Division and the third-most league-wide.

As for Yeo, his job appears to be safe, at least for the night.

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has upheld Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson's suspension for his hit to the head of St. Louis Blues center Oskar Sundqvist, the NHL announced Thursday.

Bettman was present for Wilson's Oct. 18 appeal of the Oct. 3 decision.

Wilson now has seven days to file an appeal through a neutral arbitrator if he wishes to do so, according to the league's collective bargaining agreement.

The incident in question took place during a preseason game on Sept. 30.

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Travis Hamonic is on the verge of returning to the Calgary Flames' ​lineup.

The Flames activated the defenseman off injured reserve, the club announced Thursday.

He suffered a facial fracture as a result of his opening-night fight with Vancouver Canucks blue-liner Erik Gudbranson.

Hamonic ranked fourth on the Flames in average ice time last season, logging more than 20 minutes per game.

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Matt Beleskey went unclaimed on the waiver wire, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

He was assigned to the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack shortly thereafter, the New York Rangers announced on Thursday.

The forward, who was waived on Wednesday, has yet to appear in a game during the 2018-19 season due to a preseason shoulder injury.

Beleskey's cap hit is $3.8 million, and the Boston Bruins are covering half. The Bruins retained that amount after trading him to the Rangers in the Rick Nash deal in February.

The Rangers can reduce that cap hit to $875,000 now that Beleskey has been assigned to their AHL affiliate.

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Scott Darling is ready to go.

The Carolina Hurricanes summoned their No. 1 netminder from the AHL's Charlotte Checkers on Thursday, the club announced.

Darling stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 3-1 victory over the Utica Comets on Wednesday. He was activated off injured reserve and assigned to Charlotte on a conditioning stint earlier this week.

Darling hurt his hamstring in Carolina's final preseason contest against the Nashville Predators on Sept. 30. Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour initially expected his goaltender to miss two weeks.

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The Vegas Golden Knights inked defenseman Nate Schmidt to a six-year contract extension with an average annual value of $5.95 million, the club announced late Wednesday night.

The deal is front-loaded and includes a 10-team no-trade clause, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.

Schmidt is currently serving a 20-game suspension for violating the NHL/NHLPA performance-enhancing substances program.

The 27-year-old is suspended without pay, but when he returns, he'll be in the final season of the two-year, $4.45-million pact he inked with the Golden Knights after being plucked from the Washington Capitals in the expansion draft two summers ago.

Schmidt posted a career-high 36 points and led the Golden Knights in average ice time at 22:14 last season.

He was suspended on Sept. 2.

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The Vancouver Canucks will be without Brock Boeser, arguably their top sniper, against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night while he deals with a groin injury.

Boeser also missed practice on Tuesday. He's been battling the ailment since last Thursday's game against the Winnipeg Jets, head coach Travis Green told reporters on Tuesday, according to Patrick Johnston of The Province.

The 21-year-old is off to a slow start after a sizzling rookie campaign. He's scored just two goals and recorded six points during the Canucks' first nine games of the season.

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Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki has been suspended one game for elbowing Boston Bruins defenseman Urho Vaakanainen, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Wednesday.

Borowiecki elbowed Vaakanainen, who was playing in just his second career game, on Tuesday during a scrum in front of the Senators' net, and he wasn't given a penalty.

Vaakanainen left the contest and was diagnosed with a concussion.

The suspension means Borowiecki will miss Ottawa's next game on Friday against the Colorado Avalanche.

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