Having won four outings in a row, the Colorado Avalanche (1st in Central Division) will remain on own ice to host the St. Louis Blues (8th in Central), who are riding a two-game triumph run.
A three-game road trip kicked off with a win for the St. Louis Blues (5-8-0), who banked their second straight victory following a 3-2 triumph against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. Brandon Saad (2 goals, 2 points this year) opened the scoring midway through the first period. Ivan Barbashev (2 goals, 5 points) tied the proceedings at 2-2 at 16:06 of the following frame, while Ryan O’Reilly (3 goals, 4 points) bagged the winner just 40 seconds later. Prior to the current win run, the Blues had dropped a franchise-record eight straight outings in regulation (0-8-0).
Goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 34 shots, including 22 in the third period, on Saturday to take his current performance status to 5-5-0 for the season with a 3.19 GAA and a .895 save percentage. He has registered a 7-8-0 past tally against the Colorado Avalanche with a 3.27 GAA and a .895 save percentage. The Blues, meanwhile, are netting the absolute lowest quantity of snipes per game this year (2.38), while conceding the 4th highest amount on the defensive end (3.69). They are 17th in power play with a 20.0% success rate (7-for-35) and 4th from the bottom in penalty kill with 70.8% proficiency (17-for-24).