St. Louis Blues head coach Jim Montgomery pulled no punches when addressing his team's scoring struggles after Thursday's 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks at Enterprise Center, using an amusing ocean comparison to describe their inability to capitalize on scoring opportunities.

‘Right now, if we fell out of a boat and we were trying to score a goal, we would not hit the ocean,” said Montgomery. “It's causing problems. There's frustrations coming because we're not scoring, and it's hard to stick with the process when you're getting frustrated.”

The loss extended St. Louis' losing streak to three games following a 4-0 win over the Dallas Stars in its season opener. The Blues now sit at 1-2-1 through four games, collecting just three points out of a possible eight.

Despite generating plenty of opportunities, St. Louis has benn unable to convert them into goals. The team has scored nine times this season, but two goals came into empty nets, one was scored during a six-on-four power play, and another came shorthanded. That leaves just five goals at five-on-five on 75 shots, representing a shooting percentage of 6.67%.

The power play has also been a weak spot, going just 1-for-10 so far. Against San Jose, the Blues went 0-for-2 with the man advantage even after outshooting their opponents 11-3 in the opening period.

St. Louis' top line of Robert Thomas, Dylan Holloway and Jimmy Snuggerud has been unproductive. The trio recorded 15 shot attempts versus the Sharks, including five shots on goal, but failed to score. Thomas hit the crossbar in the third period before having another dangerous opportunity disrupted by San Jose's defenseman Kiefer Sherwood.

Thomas and Holloway remain without a point this season, although Montgomery continues to give the combination opportunities to find its rhythm.

Meanwhile, the line featuring Connor McMichael, Mason McTavish and Jonatan Berggren has been a bright spot. McMichael opened the scoring against the Sharks with a give-and-go involving McTavish, while both McMichael and McTavish now have two goals apiece. Together, they account for four of the Blues' nine goals and seven of the team's 20 offensive points.

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Dillon Dube also scored shorthanded to give St. Louis a 2-1 lead early in the third period. However, Collin Graf equalized before Darnell Nurse scored 1:03 into overtime for San Jose.

The Blues held a 17-7 advantage in high-danger chances, according to Natural Stat Trick, but could not capitalize on that edge.

St. Louis will look to address its finishing problems when it faces the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.