The St. Louis Blues may be waiting on an important piece of their blue line after Logan Mailloux left Saturday’s preseason game against the Chicago Blackhawks with an upper-body injury and did not return.
The team said the defenseman was done for the night, though it wasn’t immediately clear when the injury happened or how serious it might be. Mailloux did drop the gloves with Blackhawks forward Cole Smith in the first period after Smith tripped Blues defenseman Philip Broberg.
That potential setback matters because Mailloux, 23, had settled into a regular role for St. Louis. In his first full NHL season with the club in 2025-26, he posted five goals and eight assists for 13 points in 67 games while averaging just under 17 minutes of ice time.
If he has to miss the start of the regular season, the Blues would be staring at a notable hole. Mailloux is projected to handle a top-four role on the St. Louis back end.
St. Louis got Mailloux from the Montreal Canadiens in July of 2025 in a deal that sent forward Zachary Bolduc the other way.
The Belle River, Ontario native was originally taken 31st overall by Montreal in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. He finished his junior career with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, and his final junior season in 2022-23 was a big one: 25 goals, 28 assists and 53 points in 59 games. He added eight goals and 16 assists for 24 points in 21 playoff games.
Before becoming a full-time NHLer in St. Louis, Mailloux spent two pro seasons in the Canadiens’ system. He appeared in eight NHL games for Montreal, scoring two goals and adding three assists for five points, and also produced 26 goals and 54 assists for 80 points in 135 combined games with the Laval Rocket in the American Hockey League.
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