For the first time in four years, Sean Payton is headed to the playoffs, and the Denver Broncos coach is realizing he missed the experience.

On Thursday, the Ducks began their season-long six-game road trip with a matchup against former longest-tenured Duck Cam Fowler and the St. Louis Blues. The Ducks entered play coming off an overtime loss on Tuesday to the Calgary Flames and having tallied points in five of their last six games.

The Blues scored three goals on their first six shots as Thomas, Tucker and Kyrou tallied in the first 6:40 of the game. The fourth goal came on the Blues’ 13th shot by Holloway with 6:05 remaining in the first period. Thomas scored again at 4:45 of the second, and Buchnevich made it 6-1 at 8:02. That ended Dostal's night.