St. Louis plays Toronto, looking for fourth straight win | The Canadian News

Toronto Maple Leafs (23-9-3, third in the Atlantic) vs. St. Louis Blues (22-10-5, third in Central)

Saint Louis; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

IN CONCLUSION: St. Louis looks to continue its three-game winning streak when the Blues take on Toronto.

The Blues are 15-3-2 at home. St. Louis ranks third in the Western Conference posting 9.5 points per game, averaging 3.4 goals and 6.1 assists.

The Maple Leafs are 9-5-2 on the road. Toronto ranks ninth in the NHL with an average of 3.3 goals per game, led by Auston Matthews with 24.

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Saturday’s matchup is the first meeting of the season for the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Kyrou leads the Blues with 14 goals, adding 23 assists and totaling 37 points. Pavel Buchnevich has 12 points in the last 10 games for St. Louis.

Morgan Rielly leads the Maple Leafs with 25 total assists and has 29 points. William Nylander has seven assists in the last 10 games for Toronto.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blues: 7-2-1, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.6 assists, three penalties and 7.1 penalty minutes while allowing 2.3 goals per game with a .929 save percentage.

Maple Leafs: 6-3-1, averaging 3.9 goals, 6.8 assists, 3.7 penalties and 8.5 penalty minutes, while allowing 3.1 goals per game with a save percentage of .904.

INJURIES: Blues: Brayden Schenn: out (health protocols), Scott Perunovich: out (health and safety protocols), Colton Parayko: out (health protocols).

Maple Leafs: Mitch Marner – out (health and safety protocols), Pierre Engvall – out (health and safety protocols).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.