MONTREAL CANADIENS NOTES:
À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON…
– Les Canadiens et les Blues s’affrontent ce soir pour la 141e fois en saison régulière. En incluant les matchs de séries, il s’agira de la 153e confrontation entre ces deux clubs.
– The Canadiens and Blues are facing each other for the 141st time in regular season. Including playoff contests, this will be the 153rd match-up between those two opponents.
CANADIENS VS. ST. LOUIS
À vie / All-Time CANADIENS vs. STL 80-33-22-5 (140 PJ / GP) Dom. / Home 47-14-7-3 (71 PJ / GP) Étr. / Away 33-19-15-2 (69 PJ / GP)
Dern. Match / Last game: V 5-4 W @ MTL (07/01/23) J. Allen 4-22 | J. Binnington 5-27 BG / WG: J. Anderson
10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE ST. LOUIS / LAST 10 GAMES VS. ST. LOUIS:
07/01/23 – STL 4 @ MTL 5
29/10/22 – MTL 7 @ STL 4
17/02/22 – STL 2 @ MTL 3 (P/OT)
11/12/21 – MTL 1 @ STL 4
19/10/19 – MTL 5 @ STL 2
12/10/19 – STL 3 @ MTL 6
10/01/19 – MTL 1 @ STL 4
17/10/18 – STL 2 @ MTL 3
30/01/18 – MTL 1 @ STL 3
05/12/17 – STL 4 @ MTL 3
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES None
2023-24 Total Man Games Lost: 2
Blues vs. Canadiens
• The Blues and Canadiens will meet for the 1st of 2 matchups this season (Feb. 11 at Montreal) • The Blues went 0-2-0 against the Canadiens last season • The Blues are 1-2-1 in their last 4 games against Montreal, scoring 4 goals in 3 of those 4 games (outscored 16-14 in those 4 games) • Since Jan. 16, 2016, the Blues are 7-5-1 against Montreal • The Blues are 1-2-0 in their last 3 games against Montreal at home, but are 5-2-0 in their last 7 games against the Canadiens at Enterprise Center • The Blues have scored a power play goal in 3 of their last 4 games against the Canadiens, going 4 for 11 (36.4%) on the power play in those 4 games • They have also scored a power play goal in 7 of their last 9 matchups with Montreal, going 9 for 29 (31.0%) on the power play over those 9 games • This will be the Blues 3rd game against the Eastern Conference this season (2-0-0 against the East this season)
Blues Penalty Kill Finding Its Stride
• The Blues have allowed just 1 power play goal over their last 6 games (since Oct. 21), going 14 for 15 (93.3%) on the penalty kill over those 6 games • Their 93.3% penalty kill since Oct. 21 ranks 2nd in the NHL (1. Boston, 25 for 26, 96.2%) • The Blues are 1 of 2 teams in the NHL to allow just 1 power play goal since Oct. 21 (Boston) • The Blues are also 1 of 12 teams in the NHL with a shorthanded goal since Oct. 21 (Kapanen on Oct. 26 at Calgary) • Colton Parayko leads the Blues with 2:19 shorthanded TOI per game, while Robert Thomas ranks 2nd and leads Blues forwards with 1:53 shorthanded TOI per game • The Blues have been shorthanded just 24 times this season, which is the least in the NHL (2. Tampa Bay, 26)
Home Sweet Home
• The Blues are 3-1-0 at Enterprise Center this season • Going back to Mar. 19, 2023, the Blues are 7-2-2 at home • Their 7 home wins since Mar. 19 share 9th in the NHL (1. Boston, 12), while their 16 points at home share 6th in the NHL (1. Boston, 25) • The Blues have allowed just 2.64 goals against at home since Mar. 19, which shares 11th in the NHL (1. Boston, 1.64) • Jakub Vrana has 9 goals at home since Mar. 19, which shares 7th in the NHL (1. DeBrincat, 13)
