The St. Louis Blues continuate road trip Thursday night as they travel to Nashville,TN to take on the Nashville Predators. St. Louis comes into Thursday as one of the better teams in the NHL thus far this season with three wins their first four games played following a 4-0 loss against Winnipeg on Monday. Thomas Greiss had his worst game of the season against Winnipeg posting a .929 save percentage after allowing three goals on 42 shots in just over 59.5 minutes on the ice.
Offensively the Blues have been mediocre thus far this season averaging 2.75 goals on 25 shots, but their defense has been the difference all year allowing only 2.25 goals on 31.5 shots per game. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the way for the St. Louis offense with six points to go along with a team high 4 assists. Justin Faulk Leads the team with three goals on 10 shots.
The Nashville Predators will continue a homestand Thursday night writing a long losing streak coming into this game 2-4-1 on the year following a two goal loss to Philadelphia. Juuse Saros continued to struggle in the net for Nashville posting a .880 save percentage after allowing 3 goals on 25 shots in just over 56.5 minutes on the ice.