Neighbours suffered a right-leg injury and will be out of action for at least five weeks. As a result, the Blues placed him on injured reserve Tuesday.
According to the team, Neighbours will be re-evaluated in five weeks, so he could certainly be sidelined even longer. Prior to getting hurt, the 23-year-old winger produced six goals and one assist in eight games, despite failing to register a point with the man advantage. With Neighbours sidelined, Alexei Toropchenko should see plenty of minutes in a bottom-six role.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Pair of points in loss
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Neighbours scored a goal, dished an assist, added four PIM, logged three hits and went minus-2 in Wednesday's 8-3 loss to the Blackhawks.
Neighbours has been shooting the puck well early in the season, scoring four goals on six shots to start 2025-26. He's added an assist, an even plus-minus rating, 14 hits, four PIM and two blocked shots. Neighbours' strong play should help him stay in the top six, and he's also a part of the second power-play unit, though he hasn't earned a point with the man advantage yet this year.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Scores empty-netter
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Neighbours scored an empty-netter with 2:13 left in the third period during Monday's 5-2 win over the Canucks.
Neighbours closed out the scoring for the Blues with a wrister into the empty net late in the third period when the Canucks were pushing for a comeback. Neighbours has three of the Blues' nine goals over the last two games, and he should remain a key piece on offense. He's scored at least 20 goals in each of his previous two campaigns.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Two goals including winner
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Neighbours scored two goals in a 4-2 win over the Flames on Saturday.
Neighbours took a pass from pivot Robert Thomas and backhanded the puck under Dustin Wolf mid-way through the second period to knot the score 1-1. The 23-year-old Neighbours also tipped in a Colton Parayko shot at the midway point of the third to put the Blues up for good. Neighbours is coming off a 22-goal, 46-point 2024-25 regular season, with 12 power-play points, and could reach 60 points this campaign.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Available for Saturday
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Neighbours (undisclosed) is expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against Chicago.
Neighbours missed Thursday's exhibition clash versus Ottawa because he was dealing with soreness. The 23-year-old will probably start the season in a middle-six capacity and should have a role with the man advantage.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Dealing with soreness
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Neighbours was experiencing soreness Wednesday and consequently didn't participate in the team's practice, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.
Head coach Jim Montgomery doesn't want to push Neighbours for the sake of a preseason practice. Even if this is a minor injury, Neighbours might also be held out of Thursday's exhibition game against Ottawa for precautionary reasons.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Absent to begin training camp
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The Blues announced Thursday that Neighbours will miss the first three days of training camp due to a personal matter.
Neighbours appeared in all 82 regular-season games for the Blues last year and totaled 22 goals, 24 assists, 173 hits, 56 blocked shots and 56 PIM while averaging 15:54 of ice time. While he's slated to miss the first few days of training camp, his brief absence is unlikely to impact his status for the start of the regular season.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Notches helper in Game 6 win
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Neighbours recorded an assist, two shots on goal, five hits and four PIM in Friday's 5-2 win over the Jets in Game 6.
Neighbours has a goal, five assists, seven shots on net, 31 hits, 16 PIM and a minus-2 rating over six playoff outings. Unsurprisingly, his physical playing style has made him a good fit in a middle-six role during the postseason. Neighbours may not maintain a point-per-game pace in the long run, but he can chip in with hits and PIM to help fantasy managers in formats that count those categories.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Lights lamp again Saturday
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Neighbours scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Avalanche.
Neighbours has three goals over his last two contests. He recently went seven games without scoring, though he had four assists in that span. He can be streaky, but he's back to getting consistent top-six minutes in the absence of Dylan Holloway (lower body). Neighbours is up to 22 goals, 45 points, 122 shots on net, 160 hits, 51 blocked shots, 51 PIM and an even plus-minus rating through a career-high 78 appearances.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Scores twice Thursday
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Neighbours scored two goals and took three shots in Thursday's 5-4 overtime win over the Penguins.
Neighbours snapped a seven-game goalless drought Thursday and did it in style, finding the back of the net in the early stages of the second and third periods. He's up to 21 goals on the season, and while he's six goals away from matching the scoring output he delivered in 2023-24, he's already established a new career-high mark in points with 44 in 77 appearances.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Point streak reaches five games
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Neighbours recorded an even-strength goal and a power-play assist in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Predators.
Neighbours recorded a goal and an assist for the second consecutive outing, but perhaps even more impressive is the fact that he's now recorded at least one point in five games in a row -- his longest streak of the season. He's notched three goals and four assists over that stretch.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Tallies in Saturday's win
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Neighbours scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Wild.
Neighbours' second-period tally was ultimately the game-winner. The winger has four goals and five assists over nine contests since Feb. 25 versus the Kraken, a span that has gotten him back on track following a run of 10 games in which he was limited to one assist. Overall, Neighbours has 17 goals, 34 points, 106 shots on net, 143 hits, 45 blocked shots and a minus-1 rating over 67 appearances. He's on pace to reach the 40-point mark for the first time in his career, and he should also be able to get to the 20-goal mark for the second time.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Adds helper in overtime loss
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Neighbours notched an assist and three hits in Saturday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Kings.
Neighbours set up Nick Leddy's third-period tally. It's been a good run lately for Neighbours, who has three goals and four assists over his last seven outings. The 22-year-old winger is up to 16 goals, 16 helpers, 103 shots on net, 142 hits and a minus-2 rating through 65 appearances.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Pots goal Wednesday
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Neighbours scored a goal, added two hits and blocked two shots in Wednesday's 3-2 shootout win over the Kings.
Neighbours has three goals and three assists, as well as a plus-6 rating, over his last five contests. The winger opened the scoring at 18:50 of the first period Wednesday, though the Kings evened the score just 32 seconds later on a Quinton Byfield goal. Neighbours is up to 16 goals, 31 points, 103 shots on net, 139 hits, 43 blocked shots, 37 PIM and a minus-2 rating through 63 appearances. He's still got a chance to match last year's point total (38), but it will come with a more balanced stat line than his 27 goals and 11 assists in 77 outings in 2023-24.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Sends assist in win
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Neighbours registered an assist and three hits in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Kings.
Neighbours has five points over his last three games, a vast improvement on the seven-game slump that came before this stretch. The 22-year-old winger helped out on a Pavel Buchnevich tally in the first period of Saturday's victory. Neighbours remains on the top line at even strength and has 15 goals, 15 helpers, 100 shots on net, 137 hits and a minus-2 rating through 61 appearances. He should challenge the 40-point mark if he stays healthy down the stretch.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Two points in big win
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Neighbours scored a goal, added an assist, logged two hits and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 7-2 win over the Kraken.
Neighbours had gone seven games without a point and 10 contests without a goal prior to Tuesday. He was able to snap the overall skid by setting up a Robert Thomas tally in the second period, and he scored later in the frame. The recent lack of offense has occasionally cost Neighbours some ice time, but he remains listed on the Blues' top line. The power winger is at 14 goals, 27 points, 98 shots on net, 132 hits, 39 blocked shots, 37 PIM and a minus-6 rating through 59 appearances this season. He's on pace for a point total close to the 38 he had in 77 regular-season appearances in 2023-24, but he's showing much more balance between scoring and playmaking -- he had 27 goals a year ago.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Status in question against Flames
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Neighbours is questionable versus Calgary on Thursday due to an upper-body injury, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.
Neighbours is stuck in a three-game pointless streak during which he has registered just three shots despite averaging 1:55 of ice time with the man advantage. If the 22-year-old winger is unable to play Thursday, Nathan Walker is expected to replace him in the lineup, while Dylan Holloway could move into a first-line role.
Neighbours scored a goal with his lone shot and recorded three hits in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Wild.
Neighbours has cracked the scoresheet in four of his last five games, tallying three helpers and one goal in that span, so he remains productive in fantasy. However, this goal ended a prolonged goalless stretch for the 22-year-old. This was the first time he found the back of the net since the Dec. 12 loss to the Sharks, where he notched one goal and one assist.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Sustains injury
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Neighbours was held out of the remainder of Friday's game versus the Panthers after taking a hit from Sam Bennett in the third period, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.
Head coach Jim Montgomery indicated this was a precautionary move. Neighbours will be evaluated further Saturday, leaving his status for Monday's game versus the Red Wings up in the air.
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Blues' Jake Neighbours: Forces overtime Saturday
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Neighbours scored a power-play goal on three shots, added three hits and blocked two shots in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Flyers.
Neighbours scored with just under 20 seconds left in the third period to force overtime. The winger has racked up four goals (three on the power play) and one assist over his last seven contests while seeing top-six minutes. He's up to eight goals, four helpers, 49 shots on net, 61 hits, 20 PIM and a minus-9 rating through 25 outings overall. That's roughly a 40-point pace for a full season, a mark he missed by two points in 2023-24. Even without gains on offense, he's returned a little more fantasy value in 2024-25 by increasing his physical play.
