ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES
Scott Perunovich – Shoulder (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Oct. 4)
Marco Scandella – Right Hip (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Sep. 20)
Logan Brown – Upper-Body (Placed on IR on Nov. 9)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 111
Recent Transactions
December
12 – Recalled forward Alexey Toropchenko from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
3 – Recalled forward Will Bitten from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
2 – Assigned forward Jake Neighbours to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
BLUES VS. OILERS (All Regular Season)
-The Blues and Oilers will finish their season series on Thursday in Edmonton
-The Blues and Oilers have played twice this season, with each team winning in regulation on the road (Blues 2-0 win on Oct. 22 in EDM; Oilers 3-1 win on Oct. 26 in STL)
-The Blues are 2-1-1 in their last 4 games against Edmonton
-The Blues are 8-4-2 in their last 14 games against the Oilers
-The Blues have points in back-to-back trips to Edmonton (1-0-1) and are 3-1-1 in their last 5 games in Edmonton
-The Blues have not allowed a power play goal to the Oilers in 5 of their last 6 games in Edmonton, going 13 for 14 (92.9%) on the penalty kill over those 6 games
-On Monday vs. Nashville, the Blues entered OT tied 0-0, where Brayden Schenn scored the overtime winner
-The last time the Blues were tied 0-0 after regulation prior to Monday was on Feb. 7, 2019 at Tampa Bay, where Brayden Schenn also scored the overtime winner
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
12/16 – at Calgary
12/19 – at Vancouver
12/20 – at Seattle
12/23 – at Vegas
12/27 – vs. Toronto
A LOOK AHEAD
-The Blues have 8 games remaining in December (3 at home; 5 away)
-The Blues will start a season-long 10-day, 5-game road trip tonight at Edmonton
-The Blues will play their next 5 games, including Thursday at Edmonton, against the Western Conference, as well as 7 of their last 8 games to finish the calendar year
-The Blues next 5 games, including Thursday at Edmonton, will come against Western Conference teams, all of which sit in front of the Blues in the standings, including 3 against teams that currently hold a playoff spot
DEFENSEMEN CONTRIBUTING OFFENSE FOR BLUES
-The Blues defensemen have accounted for 14.3% of the Blues’ goals this season
-The Blues are 8-1-0 this season when a defenseman scores
-The Blues’ defense has combined for 12 goals this season
-The Blues’ defense has contributed 5 power play goals this season, which shares the most in the NHL with Nashville, Ottawa, and Florida
-They have also contributed 5 game-winning goals, which shares 1st in the NHL with Boston, Carolina, Columbus, and Florida
-Torey Krug leads Blues d-men with 5 goals, which also shares 13th in the NHL among all defensemen (1. Karlsson, 12)
-Torey Krug’s 4 power play goals share the lead on the Blues (Buchnevich/Kyrou) and share 1st in the NHL among all defensemen with Dahlin, Makar, Chabot, & Josi
-Justin Faulk’s 2 game-winning goals share the 7th most among all defensemen in the NHL (1. 6 players, 3)
BLUES CONSISTENT UNDER ARMSTRONG
-Since Doug Armstrong took over the reigns as the Blues General Manager in 2010-11, the Blues have posted a 534-308-100 record
-Their 534 wins since then rank 5th in the NHL (1. PIT, 559)
-The Blues have made the postseason 10 out of the 12 seasons since Armstrong became GM, 1 of 5 teams in the NHL to clinch 10 or more playoff berths since 2010-11 (PIT, 12/WSH, 11/BOS & NSH, 10)
-Armstrong is also just 1 of 2 GMs to clinch 10 or more playoff berths since 2010-11 (David Poile, 10) -Since 2010-11, the Blues rank 7th with 2.92 goals per game (1. VGK, 3.20) and rank 3rd in the NHL with 2.59 goals against per game (1. BOS, 2.45)
-The Blues also have the 3rd best penalty kill (82.7%) under Armstrong (1. BOS, 83.4%), and have the 6th best power play (20.7%) in the league (1. WSH, 21.6%)
BINNINGTON REACHES CENTURY MARK
-On Monday vs. Nashville, Binnington stopped all 25 shots he faced for his 100th career win and his 12th career shutout
-Binnington became the 6th goaltender in franchise history to record at least 100 wins with the club (Liut/Allen/Joseph/Fuhr/Elliott)
-Binnington recorded his 100th win in his 184th career game, becoming the 3rd fastest in franchise history to reach 100 wins with the team
-With his shutout in his 100th career win, Binnington also moved into a tie for 6th on the Blues all-time franchise list with 12 shutouts, 1 of just 7 goaltenders to record at least 12 shutouts with the Blues -Since Nov. 10, Binnington has 7 wins, which shares 5th in the NHL (1. Jarry, 9)
Fastest to 100 career wins with the Blues:
- Brian Elliott – 175 GP
- Jake Allen – 176 GP
- Jordan Binnington – 184 GP
BLUES STAY STRONG UNDER BERUBE
-Since taking over on Nov. 18, 2018, Berube has led the Blues to a 169-95-37 record (375 points)
-The Blues 375 points since Nov. 21, 2018 (Berube’s first game), rank 10th in the NHL (1. TBL, 413), while their 169 wins also rank 10th (1. TBL, 196)
-Their 3.23 goals per game share 7th in the NHL under Berube (1. TBL, 3.55)
-The Blues have posted a mark of 2.87 goals against per game under Berube, which ranks 10th in the NHL (1. BOS, 2.49)
-The Blues also have the 4th best power play in the NHL at 23.7% since Berube became head coach (1. EDM, 27.0%)
-On Sunday vs. Colorado, Berube became the 4th Head Coach in Blues history to reach 300 games behind the bench (1. Quenneville, 593 / 2. Hitchcock, 413 / 3. B. Sutter, 320)
-Last season on Dec. 29 vs. EDM, Berube became the 7th different coach in NHL history to win 200 games and play in at least 1,000 career games
Wins as Coach / Games Played
Craig Berube – 244 / 1,054
Randy Carlyle – 475 / 1,055
Bob Pulford – 363 / 1,079
Craig MacTavish – 301 / 1,093
Red Kelly – 278 / 1,316
Brent Sutter – 215 / 1,111
Larry Robinson – 209 / 1,384
BUCHNEVICH STEPPING UP FOR BLUES
-Pavel Buchnevich shares 2nd on the Blues with 9 goals (1. Kyrou, 10) and ranks 5th with 20 points (1. Thomas, 25)
-Buchnevich has a point in 3 consecutive games played (3g, 1a), scoring a goal in each game
-Buchnevich also has 18 points in his last 14 games (8g, 10a), including 5 multi-point games in that span, after posting just 2 points (1g, 1a) in his first 6 games of the season
-Buchnevich has recorded at least 1 point in 11 of his last 14 games
-Buchnevich shares 1st on the Blues this season with 4 power play goals (Krug/Kyrou)
-Buchnevich recorded 4 points (2g, 2a) on Nov. 19 vs. Anaheim, the 2nd 4-point game of his career (also: Mar. 17, 2021 w/ NYR: 2g, 2a vs. PHI)
-Buchnevich set career-highs with 30 goals, 46 assists, and 76 points last season
THE TARASENK-SHOW
-Vladimir Tarasenko has 8 points in his last 9 games (4g, 4a)
-Tarasenko shares 4th on the Blues with 13 assists (1. Thomas, 19) and shares 3rd on the Blues with 21 points (1. Thomas, 25)
-Tarasenko also shares 4th on the Blues with 8 goals (1. Kyrou, 10) and shares 2nd on the Blues with 7 even-strength goals (1. Acciari, 8)
-He also shares 3rd on the Blues with 15 even-strength points (7g, 8a) (1. Schenn, 17)
-Tarasenko also ranks 5th on the Blues all-time franchise list in goals (260) and points (545)
BRAYDEN IS SCHENN-SATIONAL
-Brayden Schenn shares 3rd on the Blues with 21 points this season (7g, 14a) (1. Thomas, 25)
-He also shares 2nd on the Blues with 14 assists (1. Thomas, 19)
-Schenn has 4 points in his last 5 games (1g, 3a)
-Schenn shares 1st on the Blues with 16 even-strength points this season (5g, 11a) (Thomas)
-Schenn scored the overtime winner on Monday vs. Nashville, the 9th overtime goal of his career
-Schenn has 24 power play goals since the start of the 2019-20 season, which ranks 2nd among all Blues in that span (1. Perron, 26)
-Schenn dressed in his 800th career NHL game on Dec. 3 at Pittsburgh
KYROU FINDING HIS SCORING TOUCH
-Jordan Kyrou has 5 points in his last 6 games (1g, 4a)
-Jordan Kyrou scored twice, including his first career overtime winner, on Nov. 26 at Florida
-Kyrou also assisted on Schenn’s overtime winner on Monday at Nashville
-Kyrou posted a career-long 8-game point streak (5g, 8a), from Nov. 14-26, including a career-long 6 game assist streak from Nov. 16-25 (2g, 8a)
-Nov. 26 at Florida was also Kyrou’s 10th career multi-goal game, which is the 3rd most among all Blues since his debut in 2018-19 (Perron – 14 / Tarasenko – 13)
-Kyrou leads the Blues with 10 goals and shares 1st on the team with 4 power play goals (Buchnevich/Krug)
-Kyrou also shares 2nd on the Blues with 8 power play points (1. Thomas, 9)
-Kyrou now has 20 points (7g, 13a) in his last 19 games after recording just 3 points (3g) in his first 9 games of the season, and has also recorded at least 1 point in 14 of his last 19 games
THOMAS SETTING THE PACE
-Robert Thomas leads the Blues with 19 assists and 25 points this season
-Thomas has 6 points in his last 7 games (2g, 4a)
-In his last 17 games, Thomas has recorded 18 points (4g, 14a), recording at least 1 point in 13 of those 17 games
-He also leads the Blues with 8 power play assists and leads the Blues with 9 power play points
-Since Nov. 10, Thomas shares 11th in the NHL with 14 assists (1. McDavid, 18)
-Since Nov. 10, Thomas shares 3rd in the NHL with 8 power play assists (1. Dahlin/McDavid, 11)
THE CAPTAIN IS COMING ALIVE
-Ryan O’Reilly has 7 points in his last 9 games (4g, 3a)
-O’Reilly has recorded 14 points (8g, 6a) in his last 19 games after just recording 1 point (1g) in his first 10 games of the season
-O’Reilly shares 2nd on the Blues with 9 goals this season (1. Kyrou, 10)
-O’Reilly scored the Blues’ first shorthanded goal of the season on Nov. 16 at Chicago, the 11th of his career
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
EDMONTON OILERS VS. ST. LOUIS BLUES
7:00 p.m. MT at Rogers Place
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
17-13-0 – 34 PTS RECORD 13-15-1 – 27 PTS
Div. – 4th Conference – 6th RANK Div. – 6th Conference – 12th
1st –31.5% (34/108) POWER PLAY 19th – 21.5% (17/79)
26th – 72.4% (84/116) PENALTY KILL 31st – 67.7% (44/65)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. ST. LOUIS GP RECORD HOME (72) AWAY (73) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. ST. LOUIS 145 62-68-11-4 34-32-4-2 28-36-7-2 453 488
OILERS vs. ST. LOUIS – 2022-23 2 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 3 3
QUICK FACTS
• Thursday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third and final meeting against St. Louis this season and the second of two games in
Edmonton.
• The last time these teams met was on October 26th in St. Louis, with the Oilers winning 3-1.
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers with 23 career points against the Blues and Tyson Barrie has played in a team high 36
career games against St. Louis.
HATS OFF
Zach Hyman scored his first career hat trick on Dec. 13 at NSH, while posting four points (3G, 1A) in the Oilers 6-3 win over the Predators.
POINT STREAKING
-Connor McDavid is currently on 9-game point streak (9G, 11A)
-Zach Hyman in on a 7-game point streak, recording 10 points (1G, 9A)
-Tyson Barrie is on a 3-game point streak, posting four assists
MCDAVID AND DRAISAITL – 1, 2 PUNCH
On Dec. 9, Connor McDavid (9-9—18 in 7 GP) extended his goal streak to a career-high seven games.
Leon Draisaitl (19-27—46 in 29 GP), who ranks second in the 2022-23 Art Ross Trophy race behind McDavid (25-30—55 in 29 GP), scored
the 105th power-play goal of his NHL career on Dec. 9 to move within two of tying Jari Kurri (107) for fourth place in franchise history.
Dec. 9 marked the 90th time McDavid and Driasaitl both scored a goal in the same game (including playoffs)
THREE OF A KIND
On Dec. 1 at Minnesota, Tyler Benson, Stuart Skinner and James Hamblin all played for the Edmonton Oilers marking the first time in NHL
history where three players who played on the same minor hockey team (SSAC U14 AAA) played a game for the same team in the NHL.
BOUCHARD’S LATE GOAL MAGIC
On Nov. 28 vs. Florida, Evan Bouchard scored the game-tying goal in the final five seconds of regulation before Connor McDavid (1G, 2A –
3PTS) capped off his three-point performance with an assist on Leon Draisaitl’s overtime winner.
OVERTIME WINNER
Connor McDavid scored the overtime winning goal on Nov.19 vs. Vegas. The goal marked his 14th career overtime goal and he ranks first in
the NHL in overtime goals since 2015-16.
MOST OVERTIME GOALS SINCE 2015-16
Connor McDavid – 14
Jonathan Toews – 13
Brad Marchand – 13
Sidney Crosby – 12
POWER PLAY PUNCH
Leon Draisaitl scored his 100th career power play goal on Nov. 21 against New Jersey and recorded his 101st power play goal which also
stood as the game winning goal on Nov. 26 against the New York Rangers. Draisaitl holds sole possession of 5th spot all-time in Oilers
power play goals and is just 25 goals shy of the all-time lead held by Glenn Anderson and Ryan Smyth.
Draisaitl is six power play goals from tying Jari Kurri (107) for 4th on the Oilers power play goals list.
500 AND COUNTING
Following his 500th career game on Nov. 7 at WSH, Connor McDavid finished ranked 6th all-time in NHL scoring (724 PTS) in your first 500
games.
McDavid became the 9th player in Oilers franchise history to score a goal in his 500th NHL game, joining the likes of Wayne Gretzky, Mark
Messier and Leon Draisaitl.
200 CLUB
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career goal with the Oilers on Oct. 26 at STL which stood as the game winning goal. NugentHopkins becomes just the ninth player in Oilers history to record 200 goals with the Oilers and has achieved the mark in 726 games all with
the Oilers.
OILERS LEADERS OF THE PACK
Points – McDavid (59) – 1st in NHL
Goals – McDavid (26) – 1st in NHL
Assists – McDavid (33) – 1st in NHL
TOI/GP – Nurse (23:52) / (22:39 – McDavid) – Forwards – 1st in NHL
Shots – McDavid (119)
Blocks – Nurse (57)
Hits – Puljujarvi (65)
Takeaways – Draisaitl (28)
Power Play Goals – Draisaitl (13) – 1st in NHL
Power Play Points – McDavid (29) – 1st in NHL
Even Strength Points – McDavid (29)
LAST 10 GAMES vs. ST. LOUIS
Record: 4-6-0
GF: 26 GA: 36
2022-23 10/26/22 @ STL 3-1 W
2022-23 10/22/22 @ EDM 2-0 L
2021-22 4/1/22 @ EDM 6-5 W (OT)
2021-22 12/29/21 @ STL 4-2 L
2021-22 11/14/21 @ STL 5-4 W
2019-20 1/31/20 @ EDM 4-2 W
2019-20 12/18/19 @ STL 2-1 L
2019-20 11/6/19 @ EDM 2-5 L
2018-19 3/19/19 @ STL 2-7 L
2018-19 12/18/18 @ EDM 1-4 L
OILERS IN DECEMBER
Overall – 535 GP, 235-223-42-34 – 0.509
2022-23 – 7 GP, 4-3-0 – 8 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 3-8-1 – 7 PTS
