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)
Torey Krug – Lower-Body (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Dec. 27)
Vladimir Tarasenko – Hand Injury (Re-evaluated in 4 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Ryan O’Reilly – Broken Foot (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Logan Brown – Upper-Body (announced on Jan. 7)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 152
Recent Transactions
January
5 – Placed forward Logan Brown on the injured reserve
5 – Recalled defenseman Tyler Tucker from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
4 – Assigned defenseman Tyler Tucker to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
4 – Recalled defenseman Steven Santini from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
3 – Signed goaltender Joel Hofer to a Two-Year, One-Way contract extension
2 – Recalled forward Nikita Alexandrov from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
BLUES VS. WILD
- This will be the 2nd of 4 matchups between the Blues and Wild this season
- The Blues and Wild will meet again on Mar. 15 in St. Louis and on Apr. 8 in Minnesota
- The Wild won the 1st matchup of the season, 5-2 on Dec. 31 in St. Louis
- Prior to losing their last matchup with the Wild, the Blues had a run of 9-0-1 in their previous 10 games against the Wild (from Apr. 9, 2021 to Apr. 16, 2022), which matched their longest win streak against the Wild in franchise history (Also: 9-0-1 from Nov. 19, 2011 to Mar. 27, 2014)
- The Blues are 6-1-2 in their last 9 trips to Minnesota
- In their last 13 matchups with Minnesota (since Feb. 23, 2020), the Blues have not allowed a power play goal 11 times, going 28 for 30 on the penalty kill (93.3%) over that span (10-2-1 record)
- The Blues are 7-3-3 in their last 13 games overall since Dec. 11 vs. Colorado0
- The Blues’ 7 wins share 8th in the NHL (1. Carolina/Boston, 10), while their 17 points share 6th in the NHL (1. Boston, 23 points) since Dec. 11
- The Blues are 16-6-0 this season when scoring first, which shares the 5th most wins in the NHL (1. Vegas, 20-4-0 & Boston, 20-0-2)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
1/10 – vs. Calgary
1/12 – vs. Calgary
1/14 – vs. Tampa Bay
1/16 – vs. Ottawa
1/19 – vs. Nashville
A LOOK AHEAD
- The Blues will finish off a 4-game road trip to open 2023 on Sunday at Minnesota, which will also mark the exact halfway point of the season (2-1-0 so far on 4-game road trip)
- The Blues will return home and being a season-long 7-game home stand on Tuesday against Calgary
- The Blues next 4 games will come against teams who currently hold a playoff spot
MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
ST. LOUIS BLUES
All-Time Wild Record: 38-32-19 (24-13-8 at Xcel Energy
Center, 14-19-11 at St. Louis)
2022-23: The Wild earned a 5-2 victory at St. Louis in the series-opening game (12/31)…LW Jordan Greenway (1-1=2), C Ryan Hartman (2-0=2) and D Jared Spurgeon (1-1=2) led Minnesota with two points each…D Matt Dumba (1-0=1) also scored a goal…G MarcAndre Fleury stopped 29 of 31 shots for the Wild…C Jordan Kyrou led St. Louis with two points (0-2=2)…D Robert Bortuzzo (1-0=1), LW Pavel Buchnevich (0-1=1), D Calle Rosen (1-0=1) and C Robert Thomas (0- 1=1) all recorded points…G Jordan Binnington stopped 27 of 31 shots faced for the Blues.
WILD LEADERS: D Alex Goligoski leads the Wild with 21 points (6-15=21) in 48 games vs. the Blues…RW Mats Zuccarello has 16 points (7-9=16) in 25 contests…Dumba owns 14 points (8-6=14) in 31 matches…Spurgeon has 13 points (3-10=13) in 47 games.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 10-12-2 with a 2.73 GAA and a .913 SV% in 24 career starts vs St. Louis…G Filip Gustavsson has not faced the Blues.
BLUES LEADERS: C Ryan O’Reilly owns 33 points (16-17=33) in 53 games against Minnesota…RW Vladimir Tarasenko has 30 points (13-17=30) in 34 contests…D Torey Krug has 23 points (6-17=23) in 23 games.
BLUES GOALIES: Binnington is 7-2-1 with a 2.31 GAA, a .920 SV% and one shutout in 10 career starts against Minnesota…G Thomas Greiss is 5-3-0 with a 2.51 GAA and a .9.17 SV% in eight starts.
FAST FACTS: The Wild has points in 23 of its last 37 contests against the Blues (15-14-8)…Minnesota is 7-11-7 in the last 25 games in St. Louis, including nine extra session contests, while posting points in 14 of its last 20 games in Saint Paul (10-6-4)…The Wild topped the Blues in the 2015 First Round, clinching the series with a Game 6 win in Saint Paul – marking the first time in franchise history Minnesota won a playoff series on home ice…The Blues defeated the Wild in the 2017 First Round and 2022 First Round.
