Ducks, Blues out to shore up special teams ahead of clash

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The St. Louis Blues will have to reestablish their home-ice advantage to stay in the Western Conference playoff race.

They bring an 8-9-1 home record into their game against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. This game starts a stretch of 13 of 17 games on their ice for the Blues, who have justfour more road games on their schedule until Feb. 27.

"We had a very difficult