[3] On the same day, team owner Tom Stillman released a statement apologizing to the fans for the more-than-three-month lockout.
It averaged a 6.0 household rating, making it the highest-rated program in prime time in St. Louis on Saturday.
The Blues' 4–3 shootout win at Nashville generated a 7.4 household rating in the St. Louis DMA, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That easily tops the previous regular season high of 6.3 set March 13, 2012 at Chicago.
Only forwards Bernie Federko (927), Brian Sutter (779), Brett Hull (744) and Garry Unger (662) have played in more games than Jackman.
[16] Rookie goaltender Jake Allen earned his first NHL shutout at home against the Phoenix Coyotes, stopping all 28 shots on March 14.
[19] A freefall at the end of March, losing four of five games, dropped the Blues to eighth place in the Conference, just barely hanging on to a playoff spot.
[20] In his second trade in two days, on April 1, general manager Doug Armstrong, after pushing for 10 months,[21] finally acquired left-shooting defenseman Jay Bouwmeester from the Calgary Flames.
[23] April 16 saw head coach Ken Hitchcock earn his 600th NHL win with the 2–1 shootout victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
[24] The Blues clinched a playoff spot in the top eight teams in the Western Conference after their 3–1 home win against the Colorado Avalanche on April 23, giving them a 27–17–2 (56 points) record.
[25] The team was 17–14–2 (36 points), sitting at ninth place in the Western Conference at the end of March, and were in danger of not making the playoffs.
A 12–3 run in April, however, pushed them to fourth place and home ice in the first round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Kings.
He had an 11–2–0 record, 1.28 goals against average and .948 save percentage, with three shutouts in 13 games, to push the Blues into fourth place.
St. Louis' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Consol Energy Center from June 22–23, 2012.
The team's owner is Don Levin, coached by Scott Arniel, and their GM is Wendell Young.