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Blues Place Jake Neighbours on IR With Right-Leg Injury, Re-Evaluation in Five Weeks

St. Louis now faces a short-handed top unit with Robert Thomas still day-to-day.

Oct 21, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Blues left wing Jake Neighbours (63) skates against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty (8) during the second period at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images

Overview

  • Neighbours was hurt Saturday against Detroit after sliding into the boards, stayed in the game, then missed Monday’s loss to Pittsburgh before the IR move.
  • The team said he will be out through at least Dec. 2, and no roster recall was announced with the transaction.
  • With Robert Thomas sidelined as day-to-day, Jimmy Snuggerud and Pius Suter were elevated to skate with Pavel Buchnevich on the top line.
  • Neighbours leads St. Louis with six goals and had been finishing at a 50% rate, with his line posting a 51.9 xGF% and 50.6 CF% per MoneyPuck.
  • The Blues dropped a fifth straight game Tuesday, falling to 3-6-1, and entered the night allowing 4.33 goals per game with the NHL’s worst 5-on-5 save rate.