2021-22 Matchups vs. St. Louis: First of Two
2021-22 Record vs. St. Louis: 0-0-0
Toronto Season Record: 23-9-3
Toronto Road Record: 9-5-2
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
January 3, 2022
Defenceman Teemu Kivihalme has been reassigned to the Toronto
Marlies (AHL) from the Maple Leafs taxi squad
LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 1 at Arizona 2
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
TOR Goals: Matthews
ARI Goals: Dzingel (2x)
TOR Goaltender: Mrázek, 16/18, .889 SV%
ARI Goaltender: Vejmelka, 45/46, .978 SV%
TOR Power Play: 0-for-2
TOR Penalty Kill: 2-for-2
NEXT GAME
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Opponent: at New York Rangers
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio)
INJURY REPORT
Justin Holl Placed into the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
Ondrej Kaše Placed into the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
Nick Ritchie Placed into the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
ALL-TIME VS. ST. LOUIS BLUES:
First Matchup between Clubs: December 10, 1967 (Toronto 1 at St. Louis 2)
All-Time Record: 94-96-25-6 (221 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 60-33-11-5 (109 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 34-63-14-1 (112 Games)
Last Road Win vs. Opponent: December 7, 2019 (Toronto 5 at St. Louis 2)
Record in Last Five Games: 1-2-2
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. ST. LOUIS BLUES:
Games Played: Jason Spezza (32), Wayne Simmonds (25), TJ Brodie (23)
Goals:
Jason Spezza (7), Wayne Simmonds (7), Jake Muzzin (6), John Tavares
(6)
Assists: Jason Spezza (13), Wayne Simmonds (7), Jake Muzzin (6)
Points: Jason Spezza (20), Wayne Simmonds (14), Jake Muzzin (12)
Penalty Minutes: Jason Spezza (16), Wayne Simmonds (16), Jake Muzzin (14)
2021-22 AVERAGES AND RANKINGS
Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .700 3.31 2.49 29.6% 82.8% 34.0 31.3 55.4%
St. Louis .662 3.41 2.62 29.6% 84.2% 31.9 31.8 49.8%
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22
Power Play: 29/98 (29.6%)
Power Play Goal Leader: 8 – Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 15 – Matthews (8G, 7A)
2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2021-22
Penalty Kill: 82/99 (82.8%)
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 1 – Marner, Holl, Mikheyev
Shorthanded Point Leader: 2 – Brodie (2A)
2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)
FAST FACTS
Saturday games 11th of 21 (10 home, 12 road)
Back-to-Backs played 6 of 11
Record in first game of back-to-back 3-2-1
Record in second game of back-to-back 2-4-0
January games 6th of 10 (3 home, 7 road)
RECENT MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK
TJ Brodie Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 14, 2021 at EDM
Jack Campbell Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 16, 2021 vs. NSH
Pierre Engvall Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK
Ondrej Kaše Recorded his 100th career NHL point, Nov. 10, 2021 at PHI
Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL
Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS
Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
Auston Matthews Recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Oct. 25, 2021 at CAR
Morgan Rielly Recorded his 250th career NHL assist, Oct. 27, 2021 at CHI
Morgan Rielly Skated in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL
Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 950th career NHL game, Oct. 16, 2021 vs. OTT
Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA
John Tavares Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs, Oct. 18, 2021 vs. NYR
John Tavares Scored his 100th goal with the Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2021 at BUF
John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
UPCOMING MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Nine points away from 300 career NHL points
David Kämpf Three assists away from 50 career NHL assists
Ilya Mikheyev One game away from 100 career NHL games played
Jake Muzzin 10 points away from 300 career NHL points
William Nylander One point away from 300 career NHL points
William Nylander Seven games away from 400 career NHL games played
2021-22 TEAM LEADERS
CATEGORY LEADER CATEGORY LEADER
GOALS 24 – Matthews BLOCKED SHOTS 51 – Holl
ASSISTS 25 – Rielly TAKEAWAYS 34 – Nylander
POINTS 38 – Matthews (24G, 14A) HITS 79 – Ritchie
POWER PLAY POINTS 15 – Matthews (8G, 7A) TOI PER GAME 24:01 – Rielly
SHORTHANDED POINTS 2 – Brodie (2A) PP TOI PER GAME 3:05 – Marner
PIMs 40 – Simmonds SH TOI PER GAME 2:37 – Muzzin
SHOTS 143 – Matthews WINS 18 – Campbell
FACEOFF% 61.3% – Tavares GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE 2.02 – Campbell
SHOT ATTEMPTS% 58.42% – Matthews SAVE PERCENTAGE .935 – Campbell
BLUES NOTES
CURRENT INJURIES
None
2021-22 Total Man Games Lost: 83
LAST GAME
Blues, 2 vs. Kraken, 1
-The Blues collected their league-leading 13th comeback win of the season
-Ville Husso made 31 saves for his 5th win of the season
-Pavel Buchnevich scored his 14th goal overall and his 3rd game-winner, which shares 2nd on the team
-Robert Thomas scored his 4th goal of the year (3 of the 4 have come at home)
BLUES VS. MAPLE LEAFS
-Tonight marks the 222nd all-time reg-season meeting between the Blues and Leafs
-The Leafs are one of 6 teams the Blues (102-91-25-3) have beaten at least 100 times (VAN, LAK, DET, DAL, CHI)
-The Blues dropped the most recent meeting (Dec. 7, 2019), 5-2 at Enterprise Center
-Overall, the Blues have won 7 of the last 8 matchups
-The Blues and Maple Leafs each share 2nd in the NHL with a 29.6% power play percentage (1. EDM, 30.2%)
-Robert Thomas is set to appear in his 200th career game tonight
NUMBERS GAME
25 – #25 Jordan Kyrou was recently named to the 2022 NHL All-Star game. This will mark his first NHL ASG appearance. Previously, he participated in
the CHL Top Prospects Game in 2016, was an OHL First Team All-Star in 2018 and played in the AHL All-Star Game in 2019
1.12 – Kyrou is averaging 1.12 pts/game this season. The last Blue to average as much or more was Pavol Demitra (1.19) in 2002-03 (min. 30 games
played in a season)
200 – Brayden Schenn collected his 200th career goal on Jan. 5, vs. PIT, becoming the 5th different current Blue to reach that plateau (Perron, Neal,
O’Reilly, Tarasenko)
274 – The Blues rank 3rd overall with 274 points from forwards (1. FLA, 295)
13 – The Blues are riding a 13-game home point streak (12-0-1)…since Nov. 18, the most home points in the league in that span
13 – The Blues share 1st overall with 13 comeback wins this season, including 11 1-goal comebacks, one 2-goal comeback and one 3-goal comeback
(FLA, COL)
241 – Vladimir Tarasenko posted 2 assists vs. DAL on Dec. 14, giving him 241 for his career and passing Red Berenson for 12th on the all-time
franchise list
2 – In Tyler Bozak (#2) and Torey Krug (#5), the Blues feature two of the top 5 players in terms of career points among active players that were
undrafted (#1 Mark Giordano)
12 – The Blues lead the league with 12 wins (12-5-1) when conceding the first goal
25 – The Blues have scored on the PP in 25 of their 37 games this season and share 2nd overall (29.6%) for conversion rate for the season (1. EDM,
30.2%). The team’s all-time single-season record is 24.6% in 1986-87
1 – The Blues have lost 1 game in regulation this season when keeping the opponents power play scoreless (18-1-5)
6 – Logan Brown’s debut with the Blues marked the sixth different father/son duo to play for the franchise (Logan/Jeff Brown, Mike/BJ Crombeen,
Basil/Philip McRae, Peter/Yan Stastny, Peter/Paul Stastny, Bob/Brent Johnson)
4,500 – With their win in the Winter Classic, the Blues reached 4,500 all-time points to become the second non-original 6 franchise to reach that
milestone (Philadelphia)
St. Louis Blues: Media Notes
428 – David Perron recorded the 428th point of his Blues career at the Winter Classic, moving ahead of Keith Tkachuk for 11th on the all-time franchise
list
5 – Perron posted his 5th hat trick as a Blue, on Oct. 23 vs. LA. Perron joined Brett Hull (27), Bernie Federko (11), Brian Sutter (7), Garry Unger (7)
Jorgen Pettersson (5) and Brendan Shanahan (5) as the only players in team history with at least 5 hat tricks
ARMY CHASING 500
-Blues GM Doug Armstrong is currently in his 12th season as GM
-Sitting with 494, he is just 6 wins shy of reaching 500 wins as GM of the Blues
-He passed Larry Pleau (486) as the winningest GM in team history back on Dec. 11
-His teams have posted eight 90+-point seasons (2 more shortened season were on pace for 90-plus)
-Overall, in 17 seasons as an NHL GM, his teams have missed the playoffs just 3 times
-Upon reaching 500, he will become the 25th GM in NHL history to posted as many wins with one franchise
-He (704) is one of 20 GMs in NHL history to accrue at least 700 wins overall (1. David Poile, 1,469)
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYING BIG ROLE FOR BLUES
-The Blues’ power play shares 2nd in the NHL this season at 29.6% (1. EDM, 30.2%)
-The Blues’ home PP (28.6%) ranks 3rd, while their road mark (31.1%) ranks 2nd
-The Blues are 16-6-3 this season when scoring at least 1 power play goal
-The Blues’ penalty kill shares 5th in the NHL at 84.2% (1. CAR, 90.1%)
-Pavel Buchnevich leads the Blues with 13 PP points overall
-The Blues feature 7 different players with at least 3 PPG (Saad, Buchnevich, Barbashev, Perron, O’Reilly, Schenn, Kyrou)
HOME SWEET HOME
-The Blues are 12-0-1 in their last 13 home games (since Nov. 18), outscoring their opponents 51-24 over that span
-Their 13-game home point streak is the 3rd longest home point streak in franchise history
-The Blues have posted a 15-3-2 record at Enterprise Center this season for 32 points, giving them the 4th-best home pts% (.800) (1. FLA, .870)
-The Blues rank 4th overall in home g/g (3.70) and 1st in ga/g (2.15)
-Vladimir Tarasenko shares 12th in the NHL this season with 23 points at home (9g, 14a) (1. Huberdeau, 37 points)
Longest Home Point Streaks in Franchise History
- 18-0-3 (21 GP) from Dec. 6, 2011 – Feb. 18, 2012
- 11-0-3 (14 GP) from Oct. 27 – Dec. 15, 2016
- 12-0-1 (13 GP) from Nov. 18 – Present
KYROU
-Kyrou has a 6-game point streak (5g, 7a)
-Jordan Kyrou leads the Blues with 37 points (14g, 23a)
-His 4 pts (2g, 2a) vs. MIN at Target Field were a league record for a Winter Classic
-The Winter Classic marked the second time he has logged 4 pts in under 14 mins of ice time this season
Blues with 4 points in under 14 mins of ice time (since 1997-98)
Jordan Kyou – 1/1 at MIN (13:38)
Jordan Kyrou – 10/18 at ARZ (13:06)
Zach Sanford – 11/21 vs. CGY (13:19)
Chris Stewart – 12/21 at EDM (13:42)
KRUG
-Torey Krug completed a full season with the Blues after reaching game 82 last Sunday vs. DAL
-Krug posted 52 points and a +25 rating in his first “full season”
-Since the beginning of 2020-21, he is one of 11 d-men with atleast 50 pts and a +25 rating
-Only two d-men in Blues history have posted 50 pts and a +25 rating in a single season (98-99 Al MacInnis, 62 pts, +33 / 99-00 Chris Pronger, 62 pts,
+52)
BARBASHEV
-Ivan Barbashev has 10 pts (3g, 7a) over his last 8 games
-With 29 points (13g, 16a) through 36 games, he has set a new single-season career high
-His 13 goals are 4th on the team and are just 1 shy of his career high (14 – 2018-19)
-The Blues are 41-5-4 when he scores across his career
-Scored his 50th career goal on Nov. 30 vs. TBL
TARASENKO
-Vladimir Tarasenko ranks 3rd on the Blues with 34 points (14g, 20a) this season
-Tarasenko has a 6-game point streak (6g, 5a), scoring at least 1 goal in 5 of those games
-He’s posted 5 multi-point efforts over his last 10 games, posting 15 points over that span (7g, 8a)
-The Blues are 13-5-2 when has at least a point in a game this season
BUCHNEVICH
-Pavel Buchnevich has 12 points (3g, 9a) in his last 8 games)
-Since Nov. 9, he ranks 5th overall with 32 points (1. Huberdeau, 39)
-Since entering the NHL in 2016-17, he is one of 12 former 3rd-round draft picks that has accrued at least 200 points
-Buchnevich has posted 20 or more goals in 2 of his last 3 seasons
PERRON
-David Perron has posted 8 points (2g, 6a) in his last 10 games
-Last season, David Perron (58 pts, 56 gms) became the first Blue to post a point-per-game average for a season since Pavol Demitra (1.19 pts/gm in
2002-03)
-Perron recorded his 28th career multi-goal game Oct. 16 in Denver and his 29th (hat trick) on Oct. 23 vs. LA (His teams are 25-3-1 when he scores at
least twice)
-Perron is getting better with age as he has eclipsed 55 points in 3 of his last 4 seasons after doing it once in his first 10
CAPTAIN O’REILLY
-O’Reilly has a goal and 3 assists in his last 5 games
-O’Reilly ranks 5th in the NHL this season with 406 FO wins (56.3%) (1. Bergeron, 493)
-Over the last four seasons, he is one of 9 players with at least 200 points and a +55 rating (Marchand, MacKinnon, Panarin, Stone, Bergeron, Point,
Aho, Rantanen)
-Since 2018-19, only O’Reilly, Mika Zibanejad and Elias Lindholm have accrued 200 points while averaging over 2 mins of shorthanded ice time per
game
BERUBE REACHES RARE MILESTONE
-On Dec. 29. vs. EDM, Berube recorded his 200th win as a head coach in the NHL, becoming the 7th different coach to win 200 games after playing in
at least 1000 games
Wins as Coach / Games Played
Craig Berube – 204 / 1,054
Randy Carlyle – 475 / 1,055
Bob Pulford – 360 / 1,079
Craig MacTavish – 301 / 1,093
Red Kelly – 278 / 1,316
Brent Sutter – 215 / 1,111
Larry Robinson – 209 / 1,384
MILESTONE WATCH (reg. season)
-James Neal is 4 shy of 300 career goals
-Brayden Schenn is 9 shy of 100 goals as a Blue
-Brandon Saad is 4 shy of 200 career goals…8 shy of 200 career assists
-Tyler Bozak is 6 shy of 800 career games
-Robert Thomas is 1 shy of 200 career games
-Marco Scandella is 3 shy of 100 games as a Blue
-Ryan O’Reilly is 7 shy of 900 career games
The view from left field 