The Blues fell in lackluster fashion Saturday at Enterprise Center to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2, and continue to be relatively easy pickings for visiting teams this season.

They are 8-10-2 at Enterprise for just 18 points. Only league also-rans Anaheim (17), Vancouver (17), Arizona (16) and San Jose (14) have fewer home points than the Blues. Keep in mind, they haven’t had a losing record at home since the 2006-07 season and went 26-10-5 at home last year.

And yes, Tampa Bay has a sparkling 27-13-1 overall record this season, but they were a pedestrian 9-9-0 on the road entering Saturday’s game.

“Our home record, it’s not good,” coach Craig Berube said. “We’ve got this homestand here, and now we’ve dropped two in a row and it’s got to change now. We’ve got to get ready to go Monday (against Ottawa) and we’ve got to play a harder game.”

It wasn’t too hard for Tampa Bay on Saturday, that’s for sure. Take it from Lightning coach Jon Cooper.

Speaking specifically of the third period, when the Blues didn’t offer much of a push, Cooper said: “That was a definite point of emphasis going into that period. I thought we did an exceptional job. We killed a penalty and once we got through that, we played pretty responsible. We didn't give them too much.

“We didn't have to raise the heart rate too much as opposed to the last two games.”

No, the only heart rate going up might be Berube’s.

Once again, the Blues made a few costly mistakes on defense and they ended up in the back of their net.

After moving into the top 10 in power play efficiency, the Blues suddenly have gone cold with the man advantage, going 0-for-3 Saturday and also 0-for-3 in Thursday’s 4-1 loss to Calgary.

“It wasn't very good,” Berube said Saturday’s power play. “Clearly it's urgency, puck movement. We didn't handle their pressure very well. I think our top players - it's tight, they're going to get checked. We didn't fight through enough, just not enough. There's not enough fight.”

The Blues managed only one shot on goal on their first power play, which came in the first period with the score tied 1-1.

They were even worse on their second power play, which came with the score still tied 1-1: Zero shots on goal.

“We’re not working for each other,” said Robert Thomas, who had two shots on goal on the third power play, which came in the third period with the Blues down 4-2. “We’re not making the right plays. Power plays have been a big part of the game the last two games.

“If our power play steps up, I think we put ourselves in better spots than we have. It’s on all of us out there on the power play to be a lot better and get us some momentum.”

So it was a tough night for the power play and special teams as a whole because the Blues’ penalty kill unit gave up a power play goal to Brayden Point with 3:17 left in the opening period.

Ivan Barbashev took an ill-advised penalty, hooking Point in the St. Louis zone. It’s usually not a good idea to put the league’s second-ranked power play on the ice (28.9 percent), and that proved to be the case this time.

Point was left alone at the backdoor for a tap-in goal off a net-front pass from Steven Stamkos. It was too easy – ridiculously easy, and it gave Tampa the lead for good at 2-1. It was Point’s second goal of the period and his 25th of the season.

“The puck's at the goal line and we've got numbers in there,” Berube said. “We let them win that puck battle in there, and then they come around and we've got sticks there.

“But sticks aren't good enough. We should have been tighter at our net with people and we weren't.”

Justin Faulk and Niko Mikkola had Brandon Hagel double-teamed behind the St. Louis net. Just when it looked like Faulk was emerging with the puck, Nikita Kucherov swooped in to get gain control of the puck. And before you knew it, it was over to Stamkos and then Point for the tap-in.

The first of Point’s two goals came after Noel Acciari lost a puck battle along the right boards – he doesn’t lose many - to Nick Perbix. Perbix quickly sent the puck to Point, who was left alone in the slot, and buried his shot against goalie Jordan Binnington.

The Blues, who got goals from Tyler Pitlick and Pavel Buchnevich, were still in it with the second period winding down – trailing 3-2.

But then came a critical Tampa Bay score. Faulk had Killorn covered in the right corner, but when the puck went elsewhere the Blues’ defenseman got caught puck watching. Killorn hustled to the net with Faulk late in coverage and scored off a nifty pass from Hagel with just 1:38 remaining in the second.

“We had the full third (period) to get it back,” said defenseman Nick Leddy, who returned to the lineup after missing four games with an upper-body injury. “At that point, you just want to take it shift by shift and try and create momentum.”

But the Blues (21-20-3) created little to no momentum over the final 20 minutes. So scratch off another chance for two points. Next up, Ottawa.

“Everybody individually has got to know the urgency that we need right now here at home,” Berube said. “The next game with this homestand, each player's got to prepare themselves that they're going to have to battle. We're going to have to battle.

“It's not good enough right now. Even our top guys, they're not good enough right now. They've got to be better. That's the D too. It's not good enough.”