COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Sun, Dec. 11 at St. Louis 1 p.m. ESPN 92.5
Tue, Dec. 13 PHILADELPHIA 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5
Thu, Dec 15 BUFFALO 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5
Sat, Dec. 17 NASHVILLE 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5
Mon, Dec. 19 NY ISLANDERS 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5
Wed, Dec. 21 MONTREAL 6 p.m. Altitude 92.5
LAST GAME – Dec. 9 (NY Rangers 2, Colorado 1 in shootout)
For the second time in two meetings the Avalanche and Rangers went to a shootout but this time the Rangers prevailed, 2- 1, on Friday night at Ball Arena … Alexandar Georgiev (28 saves) and Igor Shesterkin (42 saves) each allowed only one goal through regulation and overtime but the Rangers converted twice in the shootout to earn the win … Mikko Rantanen scored in regulation for Colorado and Braden Schneider lit the lamp for New York … The game featured only two penalties and none until the third period.
SF: 42 SA: 29 PP: 0-1 PK: 0-1
TODAY’S GAME
COLORADO at ST. LOUIS
1:08 p.m. MT / 2:08 p.m. CT
ESPN / 92.5
TV: Steve Levy (play-by-play), Ray Ferraro (analyst), Emily Kaplan (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
The Colorado Avalanche takes on the St. Louis Blues in a Sunday afternoon matinee at Enterprise Center … This is Colorado’s only road game from Dec. 6-22, as the club is in a stretch that finds them playing seven of eight and 10 of 13 at home … The Avs will play every other day from Nov. 29 until the holiday break: 13 games in 25 days.
AVALANCHE & BLUES
This afternoon’s meeting is the second of four games between the Avalanche and Blues in 2022-23 and the first of two in St. Louis … The Blues won the first matchup 3-2 on Nov. 14 in Denver … These Central Division rivals faced off three times last season, with Colorado winning two of those matchups … They went on to meet in the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, a series the Avalanche won in six games.
SCHEDULE vs. BLUES
Nov. 14 vs. STL (L, 2-3)
Dec. 11 @ STL
Jan. 28 vs. STL
Feb. 18 @ STL
RECORD VS. BLUES
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 PLAYOFFS
Overall: 0-1-0 Overall: 2-1-0 Overall: 70-68-18 Overall: 56-43-13 Series (record): 3 series (3-0)
Home: 0-1-0 Home: 1-1-0 Home: 44-26-10 Home: 34-17-7 Record Overall: 13-3-0
Road: 0-0-0 Road: 1-0-0 Road: 26-42-8 Road: 22-26-6
DAYDREAM BELIEVER
Today is the first of nine afternoon games for the Avalanche this season … The schedule originally called for 10 daytime contests but the Nov 25th game in Nashville was postponed due to a water main break at Bridgestone Arena … The Avs finished 5-1-0 in day games last year, 3-0-0 at home and 2-1-0 on the road … Colorado is 13-3-1 in day contests since the start of the 2019-20 campaign.
REVERSE RETRO JERSEY
The Avalanche will wear their adidas Reverse Retro 2022 ADIZERO jerseys for the second time today in St. Louis … The club debuted the jerseys in the Nov. 26th victory over the Dallas Stars at Ball Arena … The 2022 Colorado Avalanche Reverse Retro uniform pays tribute to its home state by incorporating colors of the Colorado flag while reintroducing the original jersey design donned in the 1995 inaugural season … The Avs will wear the RR jersey four times this season: Nov. 26 vs. Dallas, Dec. 11 at St. Louis, Dec. 29 vs. Los Angeles and Jan. 2 vs. Vegas
CROWDED DRESSING ROOM
The Avalanche have used 35 players this season (33 skaters, two goalies), the most of any team in the NHL … Colorado used 39 players in each of the last two seasons, which tied the Avalanche record (since relocating) also set in 2010-11, 2003-04 and 1998-99 … Colorado’s injury list is now at 138 and climbing which puts them unofficially fourth in the league behind Washington (163), Philadelphia (161) and Columbus (149).
MOST PLAYERS USED, 2022-23
35 ….. Colorado
34 ……Columbus
32 ……Toronto
THAT’S THE POWER OF LOVE
As of Saturday, the Avalanche ranked second in the NHL in power-play percentage at 30% (27-90) … Yesterday marked the first time Colorado did not boast the NHL’s top power play since Oct. 15, a stretch of 55 days in the top spot … The Avalanche are 12-5-1 when scoring a PPG this year, 1-5-1 when failing to do so … Colorado tallied a power-play goal in a season-high eight consecutive games from Oct. 29–Nov. 26 … The Avalanche’s power play scored at a 32.8% clip during the 2022 playoffs, the highest rate on record (since 1977-78) by an NHL team that played at least 20 games … During the 2021-22 regular season, Colorado finished seventh in power-play percentage (24.0%) and led all teams in power-play goals (67).
ALL HAIL CALE
Cale Makar appeared in his 200th career NHL game on Dec. 3 at Boston … His 203 career points at the time were the most by a defenseman through 200 games in NHL history, eclipsing the previous mark of 195 by Sergei Zubov … Among defensemen who appeared in at least 200 games during their career, only Makar (1.00), Bobby Orr (1.39) and Paul Coffey (1.09) averaged at least a point-per-game … Cale recorded his 200th career point on Nov. 21 in Dallas, reaching the milestone faster than any defenseman in NHL history (195th game) … Makar is tied for sixth among NHL blueliners in scoring this season with 24 points (6g/18a) in 24 contests … He leads the entire NHL in ice time, averaging 26:55 minutes per game.
POINTS BY DEFENSEMAN
THROUGH 200 GAMES
203 Cale Makar
195 Sergei Zubov
193 Phil Housley
191 Brian Leetch
190 Denis Potvin
POINTS/GAME AVERAGE, DEFENSEMAN
MINIMUM 200 GAMES PLAYED
PT/GP Player PTS GP
1.39 Bobby Orr 915 657
1.09 Paul Coffey 1531 1409
1.00 Cale Makar 204 203
0.99 Denis Potvin 1052 1060
FASTEST DEFENSEMEN TO 200 POINTS
NHL HISTORY
195 GP Cale Makar COL
207 GP Sergei Zubov NYR, PIT
211 GP Brian Leetch NYR
212 GP Phil Housley BUF
212 GP Denis Potvin NYI
216 GP Mark Howe HFD, PHI
216 GP Bobby Orr BOS
HOME COOKING
Mikko Rantanen has 24 points (12g/12a) in 11 home games, the highest points-per-game average (2.18) in the NHL … He has two or more points in seven of his 11 home outings, including five 3-point efforts and three 4-point nights.
SONG SUNG BLUE(LINE)
Colorado’s defensemen have combined for 63 points (12g/51a) this year, which ranks among the NHL’s top 10 teams … The Avs defense produced 64 goals last season, a franchise record and the most by any team since the 1992-93 Capitals (94) … The Avalanche’s blueline also lead all teams in points with a franchise-record 238, the most since the 1995-96 Red Wings had 240 … Colorado’s defensemen finished with 69 points (18g/51a) during the playoffs, the most by any blueline in a four-round postseason since the 1984-85 Oilers (77).
ONE MONTH AT A TIME
Colorado finished 8-3-0 in November, the 23rd consecutive month that the Avs have posted a .500 or better record in …. And 21 of those 23 months featured a winning record.
FINNISH FIREWORKS
Led by Nathan MacKinnon’s seven combined points (0g/7a) and Mikko Rantanen’s hat trick in the opener, the Avalanche swept the two-game NHL Global Series from the Blue Jackets in early November, out-scoring Columbus 11-4 … Colorado’s six goals in the 6-3 opening win set an NHL record for a single game outside of North America while the 11 combined goals were also the most over a two-game overseas series … Rantanen’s hat trick was just the third outside of North America in history, while MacKinnon’s four helpers that first night set a record for the most assists in a single game outside of North America … Alexandar Georgiev started and won both games, allowing four goals 71 shots (2.02 GAA, .944 Sv%) … His two victories already equal the record for career wins in games played overseas … MacKinnon’s seven assists and eight career points (he had one goal in the 2017 Global Series in Sweden) are both records for games played outside North America.
MOST GOALS, GAME, OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA
6 – Colorado, 2022 Global Series vs. Columbus (Nov. 4, 2022)
5 – Colorado, 2022 Global Series vs. Columbus (Nov. 5, 2022)
5 – Tampa Bay, 2019 Global Series vs. Buffalo (Nov. 9, 2019)
5 – New Jersey, 2018 Global Series vs. Edmonton (Oct. 6, 2018)
5 – Phoenix, 2010 Premiere Series vs. Boston (Oct. 9, 2010)
5 – St. Louis, 2009 Premiere Series vs. Detroit (Oct. 3, 2009)
5 – Calgary, GAME ONe Japan ’98 at San Jose (Oct. 10, 1998)
CAREER POINTS IN GAMES PLAYED CAREER ASSISTS IN GAMES PLAYED
OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA
8 – Nathan MacKinnon (1g/7a) 7 – Nathan MacKinnon
7 – Patrick Kane (3g/4a) 5 – Dustin Byfuglien
7 – Dustin Byfuglien (2g/5a) 5 – Blake Wheeler
HAT TRICKS IN GAMES OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA
3 goals – Mikko Rantanen (COL), Nov 4, 2022 vs. Columbus (2022 Global Series)
3 goals – Patrik Laine (WPG), Nov. 1, 2018 at Florida (2018 Global Series)
3 goals – Theo Fleury (CGY), Oct. 10, 1998 at San Jose (GAME ONe Japan ’98)
MOST ASSISTS, GAME, OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA
4 – Nathan MacKinnon (COL) Nov. 4, 2022 vs. Columbus (2022 Global Series)
3 – Dustin Byfuglien (WPG) Nov. 1, 2018 at Florida (2018 Global Series)
3 – Blake Wheeler (WPG), Nov. 1, 2018 at Florida (2018 Global Series)
POSTPONEMENT
The Avalanche and Predators game at Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 25 was postponed due to a water main break that significantly impacted the event level at the arena … The contest has been rescheduled for April 14 as Colorado’s final game of the regular season – it’s the second half of a back-to-back, the Avs play Winnipeg at home on April 13.
BACK-TO-BACK
The Avalanche will play 13 back-to-backs this season … They have competed in four back-to-backs so far, going 2-2-0 in the first game and 2-2-0 in the second … The Avalanche posted a 15-5-2 (.727) combined record in back-to-back games last season, the second-best mark behind Minnesota (.732, 19-6-3) … The Avs finished 7-3-1 in the first game and 8-2-1 in the second (.773), with only Tampa (10-0-2, .917) posting a better record in the second half of a back-to-back.
MILE HIGH MAINSTAY
Erik Johnson is in his 15th NHL season and 13th with the Avalanche … His 13 seasons rank fourth in franchise history behind only Joe Sakic (20), Adam Foote (17) and Milan Hejduk (14), with Foote the only other defenseman on that list … Johnson is the longest current tenured athlete of any of Denver’s four major sports teams, followed by Gabriel Landeskog and Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon (both 12 seasons).
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH; AVS WIN STANLEY CUP
The Avalanche won their third Stanley Cup championship in 2022 following 1996 and 2001 … Colorado claimed its title by going 16-4 in the postseason, which included a pair of sweeps and defeating the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning in six games during the Final … The Avs became the sixth team to win a Cup with four or fewer postseason losses since 1987 when the NHL went to four rounds of best-of-seven … And of those six only one team had fewer losses, the 1988 Oilers (two) … The Avalanche did not lose consecutive games all playoffs.
ALL I DO IS WIN WIN WIN NO MATTER WHAT
The 2021-22 Avalanche equaled the NHL record for the most combined regular season/playoff wins with 72 (56 regular season, 16 playoff), a feat only three teams in NHL history had achieved before … The 2021-22 Avalanche joined the 1995- 96 Red Wings, 1983-84 Oilers and 1976-77 Canadiens on that list.
RECORD REGULAR SEASON
The 2021-22 Avalanche set a franchise record with 56 wins and 119 points en route to winning their second straight division title and 11th since moving to Denver (13th in franchise history) … It marked the club’s first back-to-back division championships since their NHL-record run of nine straight from 1994-95 to 2002-03 … The Avs clinched the conference’s top spot despite facing a 10-point deficit behind the No. 1 seed on Dec. 3 … The last team to win their conference after overcoming a deficit of 10 or more points was the Rangers in 2014-15 (13) … After sweeping a back-to-back from Arizona on Jan. 15, the Avalanche remained in first place in the West over the final 106 days of the regular season … During a span of over two months from Feb 10–April 19, Colorado was first in the entire NHL for all but one day (68 out of 69)
WINS, FRANCHISE HISTORY POINTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
56 2021-22 119 2021-22
52 2000-01 118 2000-01
52 2013-14 112 2013-14
TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
The 2021-22 Avalanche posted their best home season in franchise history with a 32-5-4 record (68 points) … Colorado tied Florida for the league lead in home points, ending with the most home points in the NHL for the second straight season after tying Penguins for league lead with 46 in 2020-21 … The Avs are just the third team over the last 30 years to post the league’s best home record in back-to-back seasons (outright or tie), joining the 2016 and 2017 Capitals and the 2007 and 2008 Red Wings … The Avs posted an 18-game home winning streak from Nov. 11–Jan. 30, the fifth longest run in NHL history … The club had a franchise record 22-game home point streak (20-0-2) from Oct. 30–Feb. 10.
AINT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH, AINT NO VALLEY LOW
Colorado’s Stanley Cup championship came five years after a last-place finish in 2016-17 …. The Avs became the fifth team in the expansion era (1967-68) to win a title within five years of a last place finish and the first since the 2009 Penguins … Colorado won the Presidents’ Trophy the previous year in 2020-21, becoming the first NHL team to go from worst to first overall in four seasons or less since the Bruins in 1970-71.
DOWN BUT NEVER OUT
Ten of the Avalanche’s wins during the 2022 postseason were earned in come-from-behind fashion, including four third-period comebacks … Colorado’s 10 comeback wins tied the 2009 Penguins for the most in NHL history … The Avs trailed in all four of their series-clinching victories, the first team in NHL history to do so.
ROAD, SWEET ROAD
The Avalanche finished a league-best 9-1 on the road during the 2022 postseason, tied for the fewest road losses by a Stanley Cup champion since 1987 (the 2012 Kings and 1995 Devils were both 10-1) … Colorado earned all four series-clinching wins on the road.
MAGIC YEAR FOR MAKAR
After becoming the first player in franchise history to win the Norris Trophy in 2021-22, Makar followed that up by winning the 2022 Conn Smythe as playoff MVP … At 23 years, 239 days, he became the youngest defenseman in 52 years to win the Conn Smythe and just the third overall to do so at age 23 or younger, joining Bobby Orr with the 1970 Bruins (22 years, 51 days) and Serge Savard with the 1969 Canadiens (23 years, 102 days) … Makar won the Conn Smythe just five days after receiving his first Norris Trophy … He became the third player to win both awards in the same season, following Orr in 1970 and Nicklas Lidstrom in 2002 … Makar led the Avalanche and all NHL defensemen with 29 points (8g/21a) in 20 games, the fourth-highest total by a defenseman in Stanley Cup Playoff history behind Paul Coffey (37) with the 1985 Oilers, Brian Leetch (34) with the 1994 Rangers and Al MacInnis (31) with the 1989 Flames.
IN BEDNAR WE TRUST
Jared Bednar is in his seventh season as the Avalanche’s head coach … Hired on Aug. 25, 2016, he is the third-longest tenured coach in the NHL behind Jon Cooper (March 25, 2013) and Mike Sullivan (Dec. 12, 2015) … Jared led the 2021-22 Avalanche to their most successful regular season in franchise history (56-19-7, 119 points) and continued that into the postseason with a 16-4 playoff mark en route to capturing the 2022 Stanley Cup … Bednar, who won a Calder Cup with the Lake Erie Monsters in 2016 and a Kelly Cup with the South Carolina Stingrays in 2009, became the first individual to win a championship in the NHL, AHL and ECHL as a head coach … He is the winningest coach in Avalanche history with a 253-178- 48 (.578) regular season record … Bednar owns a 40-22-1 (.635) record in 63 postseason games, the best playoff winning percentage among active coaches and the third highest all time (min 50 GP) behind Glen Sather (.706) and Toe Blake (.689).
SUPER JOE ACHIEVES RARE FIRST
General Manager (now President) Joe Sakic, who captained the Avalanche to a pair of titles in 1996 and 2001, became the first individual in league history to win a Stanley Cup as a captain and GM with the same organization … He was just the third to win a championship as a player and general manager with the same franchise, joining Serge Savard of the Canadiens and Milt Schmidt of the Bruins.
TIP OF CAP
Gabriel Landeskog enters his 12th NHL season and 11th as team captain … Landeskog was the youngest captain in NHL history when he assumed the role at 19 years, 286 days on Sept. 4, 2012, a title he held for four years before Connor McDavid was given the ‘C’ by Edmonton at 19 years, 266 days on Oct. 5, 2016 … Landeskog is the second-longest serving captain in franchise history behind only Joe Sakic (17 seasons, 16 consecutive) … Only three players have been captain of their current teams longer:
Sidney Crosby (PIT) ………………… 16th season (since 2007-08)
Jonathan Toews (CHI) …………….. 15th season (since 2008-09)
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) ……………… 14th season (since 2009-10)
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) …………11th season (since 2012-13)
SCHEDULE NOTES
The Avs will play 26 games against their division foes, meeting Arizona, Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis Winnipeg four times each (two home/away) and Chicago (two home/one away) and Minnesota (one home/two away) three times apiece … Colorado will play 24 games versus the Pacific Division (three times each) and 32 against teams from the Eastern Conference (one home/away).
2022-23 AVALANCHE TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 2 – Andreas Englund recalled from the Colorado Eagles
Dec. 3 – Josh Manson placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Dec. 1)
Dec. 4 – Bowen Byram placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Nov. 4) … Charles Hudon recalled from Colorado (AHL)
Dec. 5 – Alex Galchenyuk, Jayson Megna placed on waivers … Anton Blidh, Andreas Englund, Charles Hudson reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Dec. 6 – Jayson Megna claimed on waivers by the Anaheim Ducks … Alex Galchenyuk cleared waivers … Charles Hudon recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Dec. 7 – Callahan Burke, Andreas Englund, Ben Meyers, Sampo Ranta recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Alex Galchenyuk reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Dec. 8 – Martin Kaut placed on waivers … Sampo Ranta reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Dec. 9 – Martin Kaut cleared waivers, reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Brad Hunt recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Valeri Nichushkin activated from Injured Reserve … Callahan Burke reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
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: 103
Recent Transactions
December
3 – Recalled forward Will Bitten from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
2 – Assigned forward Jake Neighbours to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
BLUES VS. AVALANCHE (All Regular Season)
-This will be the second of 4 matchups between the Blues and Avalanche this season
-The Blues and Avs will play again on Jan. 28 in Colorado and Feb. 18 in St. Louis
-The Blues won the first matchup of the season, 3-2 on Nov. 14 in Colorado
-The Blues went 1-2-0 against Colorado last season (0-1-0 at home; 1-1-0 away)
-The Blues are 4-2-0 in their last 6 games against Colorado
-The Blues are 2-1-0 in their last 3 home games against Colorado
-Going back to Apr. 5, 2011, the Blues are 19-6-0 in their last 25 games against the Avalanche at Enterprise Center
-Craig Berube will coach his 300th game as the Blues Head Coach, becoming the 4th head coach to reach that mark with the franchise (Quenneville – 593 / Hitchcock – 413 / B. Sutter – 320)
-Jordan Kyrou is expected to dress in his 200th career NHL game
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
12/12 – vs. Nashville
12/15 – at Edmonton
12/16 – at Calgary
12/19 – at Vancouver
12/20 – at Seattle
A LOOK AHEAD
-The Blues have 10 games remaining in December (5 at home; 5 away)
-The Blues are in the middle of a 3-game homestand (0-1-0), and will finish the homestand with the 2nd of a back-to-back set with the Nashville Predators tomorrow, before embarking on a season-long 10-day, 5-game road trip starting Thursday in Edmonton
-The Blues will play their next 7 games, including Sunday vs. Colorado, against the Western Conference, as well as 9 of their last 10 games to finish the calendar year
-The Blues will also face the Central Division 4 out of their last 10 games in 2022, including the next 2 games
-The Blues next 7 games, including Sunday vs. Colorado, will come against Western Conference teams, all of which sit in front of the Blues in the standings, including 4 against teams that currently hold a playoff spot
FAST STARTS ARE KEY FOR BLUES
-The Blues are 6-2-0 this season when leading after the first period and are 8-1-0 when leading after 2 periods
-The Blues are also 10-4-0 this season when scoring first
-Their 10 wins when scoring first share 13th in the NHL (1. Vegas, 16)
DEFENSEMEN CONTRIBUTING OFFENSE FOR BLUES
-The Blues defensemen have accounted for 14.8% 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 and Columbus
-Torey Krug leads Blues d-men with 5 goals, which also shares 12th 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 6th most among all defensemen in the NHL (1. 5 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 533-308-99 record
-Their 533 wins since then rank 5th in the NHL (1. PIT, 558)
-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 share the 5th best power play (20.8%) in the league (1. WSH, 21.5%)
BINNINGTON CHASING BLUES HISTORY
-Jordan Binnington, who has 99 career wins in 182 GP, will become the 6th goaltender in franchise history to reach 100 wins as a Blue with his next win (Liut/Allen/Joseph/Fuhr/Elliott)
-Binnington is on pace to become the 3rd fastest goaltender to reach 100 wins with the Blues
-Binnington also shares 7th on the Blues all-time franchise list with 11 shutouts, just 1 of 8 goaltenders in franchise history to record at least 11 shutouts
-Since Nov. 10, Binnington has 6 wins, which shares 7th in the NHL (1. Jarry, 8)
Fastest to 100 career wins with the Blues:
- Brian Elliott – 175 GP
- Jake Allen – 176 GP
- Curtis Joseph – 209 GP
BLUES STAY STRONG UNDER BERUBE
-Since taking over on Nov. 18, 2018, Berube has led the Blues to a 168-95-36 record (372 points)
-The Blues 372 points since Nov. 21, 2018 (Berube’s first game), rank 10th in the NHL (1. TBL, 411), while their 168 wins also rank 10th (1. TBL, 195)
-Their 3.24 goals per game rank 7th in the NHL under Berube (1. TBL, 3.54)
-The Blues have posted a mark of 2.88 goals against per game under Berube, which ranks 10th in the NHL (1. BOS, 2.49)
-The Blues also share the 3rd best power play in the NHL at 23.8% since Berube became head coach (1. EDM, 26.9%)
-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 – 243 / 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 shares 3rd with 20 points (1. Thomas, 24)
-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
-Since Nov. 10, Buchnevich shares 16th in the NHL with 18 points (8g, 10a) (1. T. Thompson/McDavid, 25), and shares 16th in the NHL with 8 goals (1. Robertson, 14)
-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 5 points in his last 5 games (2g, 3a)
-He also has 7 points in his last 7 games (3g, 4a), including 2 multi-point games
-Tarasenko ranks 4th on the Blues with 13 assists (1. Thomas, 18) and shares 3rd on the Blues with 20 points (1. Thomas, 24)
-He also ranks 3rd on the Blues with 15 even-strength points (7g, 8a) (1. Thomas & Schenn, 16)
-Tarasenko also ranks 5th on the Blues all-time franchise list in goals (259) and points (544)
BRAYDEN IS SCHENN-SATIONAL
-Brayden Schenn shares 3rd on the Blues with 20 points this season (6g, 14a) (1. Thomas, 24)
-He also shares 2nd on the Blues with 14 assists (1. Thomas, 18)
-Schenn has a 3-game assist/point streak (3a)
-Schenn shares 1st on the Blues with 16 even-strength points this season (5g, 11a) (Thomas)
-Schenn recorded 10 points in the first 10 games of the season, matching the 2nd best start of his career in the first 10 games of the season (10 points (6g, 4a) in 2020-21 in first 10 games / 11 points, (8g, 3a) in 2019-20 in first 10 games)
-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 4 points in his last 4 games (1g, 3a)
-Jordan Kyrou scored twice, including his first career overtime winner, on Nov. 26 at Florida
-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 1st on the Blues with 8 power play points (Buchnevich/Thomas)
-Since Nov. 10, Kyrou shares 16th in the NHL with 18 points (7g, 11a) (1. T. Thompson/McDavid, 25)
-Kyrou now has 19 points (7g, 12a) in his last 17 games after recording just 3 points (3g) in his first 9 games of the season, and has also recorded at least 1 point in 13 of his last 17 games
THOMAS SETTING THE PACE
-Robert Thomas leads the Blues with 18 assists and 24 points this season
-Thomas has a 5-game point streak (2g, 3a)
-In his last 15 games, Thomas has recorded 17 points (4g, 13a), recording at least 1 point in 12 of those 15 games
-He also leads the Blues with 7 power play assists and shares 1st on the Blues with 8 power play points (Buchnevich/Kyrou)
-Since Nov. 10, Thomas shares 8th in the NHL with 13 assists (1. Karlsson, 16)
-Since Nov. 10, Thomas shares 5th in the NHL with 7 power play assists (1. Dahlin/McDavid, 10)
THE CAPTAIN IS COMING ALIVE
-Ryan O’Reilly has a 3-game point streak (2g, 1a) and has 6 points in his last 7 games (4g, 2a)
-O’Reilly has recorded 13 points (8g, 5a) in his last 17 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
