The St. Louis Blues took care of a struggling Detroit Red Wings team, 3-2, and got themselves back up to 8-8-2 on the season for 18 points. They currently sit in seventh place in the Central Division, but there is only a five-point gap between third place and seventh.
This was a solid win, featuring scoring from both Jimmy Snuggerud and Justin Barron, as well as a solid milestone for Pius Suter, notching his 100th career goal as well as his 200th career point. Another key player that helped aid this win was their goaltender, Joel Hofer, and he did something in the third period of this game that should resonate with every Blues fan in the world.
He made a last stand to win the game, where, nowadays, Jordan Binnington likely would have buckled. Let's talk about it.
20-save third period
Hofer was solid in this game, as he has been all season. This win improves him to 7-5-1 on the season, with a save percentage of .920 and a goals against average of just 2.33. He was rock solid through the first two periods, only allowing a single goal, but then the fireworks came in the third period.
Literally.
In the third period alone, he stopped 19/20 shots, finishing with 30 saves on the night. 19 saves against a team that was suffering a three-game losing streak, and frantically trying to string something together to gain momentum in their season. This game of losing streaks needed to have a winner, and Hofer decided it would be his.
As this game went down to the final whistle, Hofer showed a bit of a violent nature. As the post-game scuffle ensued, he could have simply skated right off the ice toward the bench, but instead, he decided to have a little fun.
Some rough stuff at the end of the game between the Wings and Blues and THE GOALIE Joel Hofer even got involved 😳👀 pic.twitter.com/HXlzNrksDF
— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) November 11, 2026
Hofer competes much like Binnington, and even has that fiery attitude as well.
This is Hofer's team now
This 19-save third period proved that this is Hofer's team now. This season, Binnington has only had a very few amount of moments that showed his old self. Now, he has been rocked with almost every start, and the narrative is that he simply needs a new place to play.
Hofer established himself as the Blues' starting goaltender on a few other occasions before last night's win, but that final stand proved that this franchise needs to go all-in on No. 30.
This is his team now, and the idea of Binnington uprooting that was put to bed.
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