Preview: Blues at Jets

BLUES AT JETS - 7 PM

THE MATCHUP

BLUES Robert Bortuzzo, Zach Sanford, Ryan O'Reilly and Ivan Barbashev scored, David Perron had two assists and Jake Allen made 22 saves to send the Blues to a convincing 4-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who currently stand was the top team in the Eastern Conference.
The Maple Leafs' offense, which has more goals than any other team in the NHL (34), was limited to 23 shots on goal - their lowest total of the season and their lowest since Feb. 12, 2018.
"That looked a lot more like the St. Louis Blues tonight," Blues Head Coach Mike Yeo said after the victory. "I thought the guys came out and gave us a great response as far as how the last game went down and the way we talked about how we had to play the game. We did it to a T."
JETS The defense led the way for the Winnipeg Jets in a 5-3 win against the Arizona Coyotes in their last game. Josh Morrissey and Tyler Myers contributed a goal and an assist each, and Jacob Trouba had three assists in Saturday's win.
Backup goalie Laurent Brossoit made 42 saves for the Jets.
"We're grinding away," forward Blake Wheeler told NHL.com after the game. "We're still kind of searching for that identity, that A-game. I think we're getting better every game. We started to get a bit more physical and I think that helped us."
Winnipeg improved to 4-0-1 at home this season and are 5-2-1 overall.
Kyle Connor and Morissey lead the Jets with seven points through eight games this season. Wheeler, who has two goals and four assists (six points) ranks third on the club in points.

THEY SAID IT

Jake Allen
On team's performance in Toronto
"It was pretty textbook hockey. Everyone bought in. That was nice to see. Everyone came to play tonight and if we realize if we do that every night, the majority of the times we'll be in games and have a good chance of success."
Ryan O'Reilly
On scoring his first goal as a Blue
"I was hoping it would be a lot sooner, but it was a beautiful play with (Pat) Maroon working hard and (Vladimir) Tarasenko with a beautiful pass. It's nice to get it out of the way. It was in the back of my head thinking about it, so it's nice to move on from that and get back to playing my game."
Mike Yeo
On learning lessons after the win in Toronto
"At this point in the season, you're trying to build your game and you're trying to learn. As uncomfortable as that Montreal game was, we learned from it and now we have to learn from this win. If we can commit to playing that way night after night, we're going to be a very hard team to play against."

BLUE NOTES

The Blues are 3-3-0 in their last six trips to Winnipeg and won 5-2 in their most recent visit. Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals in the game… Ryan O'Reilly has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his last seven games against the Jets… After Monday's game, the Blues will return home for a seven-game homestand… Five of the Blues' next nine games will come against Central Division opponents… Through seven games, the Blues have a 28.1 percent success rate on the power play, which ranked sixth in the NHL before Sunday's games.