GDT #15: Blues @ Coyotes | 7:00 pm CT | FSMW, 101 ESPN

[theohall]

St. Louis Blues (8-4-2, first in the West Division) vs. Arizona Coyotes (6-6-1, fifth in the West Division)

Glendale, Arizona; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Coyotes host St. Louis after Justin Faulk scored two goals in the Blues' 4-1 victory over the Coyotes.

The Coyotes are 6-6-1 against the rest of their division. Arizona has surrendered eight power-play goals, killing 83.3% of opponent chances.

The Blues are 8-4-2 against the rest of their division. St. Louis is eighth in the NHL with 29.6 shots per game and is averaging 3.3 goals.

The teams meet for the second straight game.

TOP PERFORMERS: Conor Garland leads the Coyotes with a plus-five in 13 games this season. Christian Dvorak has seven goals over the last 10 games for Arizona.

Brayden Schenn leads the Blues with seven goals and has 13 points. David Perron has five goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

LAST 10 GAMES: Coyotes: 5-5-0, averaging 2.4 goals, 4.2 assists, 3.7 penalties and 8.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game with a .918 save percentage.

Blues: 6-3-1, averaging 3.6 goals, six assists, 4.6 penalties and 10.4 penalty minutes while allowing 2.5 goals per game with a .913 save percentage.

INJURIES: Coyotes: Drake Caggiula: day to day (lower body).

Blues: Sammy Blais: day to day (upper body), Marco Scandella: day to day (upper-body), Robert Thomas: out (thumb).

[gaijin]

The Blues had to up their game to beat Arizona yesterday, so I would expect the Coyotes to respond in kind today. Going to be a tough one.

[Robb_K]

Nice to see that Sundqvist will be back in the lineup.

[Robb_K]

TERRIBLE START! Krug looked lackadasical. Husso wasn't ready for that shot. Then Gunnarsson can't even stay up off the ice when no other skaters are anywhere near him. The Blues look like they are sleeping or drunk. With all the pressure Arizona has put on them early in games, you'd think that the forwards would stay back to help get the puck out of The D Zone safely, under control. Lousy to give up a goal in the first half minute.

[Robb_K]

De La Rose steals the puck sends it to Clifford, who pops it in!!!! Blues tie it up at 1!!!

[Robb_K]

An up-and-down period for both teams. But, The Blues play better after their early lapses, and lead by 1. I hope they can keep getting better as the game goes on, as they've had a lot of defensive lapses and have been lucky that they haven't given up 3 or 4 goals.

[Robb_K]

Barbashev knocks in the rebound from O'Reilly's shot, and The Blues come back quickly from giving up the tying goal. Blues lead 3-2!!!

[Robb_K]

Decent period by The Blues. But, they are lucky to have a 1-goal lead. I hope they come out with a lot of energy and win this game going away, with a couple late goals and a few empty-netters on top of that.

[flyingnote38]

bad sequence by Husso

[Robb_K]

Kyrou, on the rush wrists one in!!! Blues tie it at 4!!!

[flyingnote38]

quite the shot from Hoffman
winner winner chicken dinner

[Robb_K]

Hoffman wrists a long shot top right corner!!!! Blues win in OT!!!

[JCShutout]

Nice to see the Blues fight back when they went down late.

[Robb_K]

Good road win! The Blues are much better on the road so far this season. Kyrou, Faulk, and Hoffman continue to get better. Sundqvist is giving his all as usual. I hope Barbashev is going into one of his hot streaks. Husso has his 2nd game in a row giving up a poor concentration-not ready goal, early, and then playing well the rest of the game. His fundamentals look okay. So, I have faith that he'll be an adequate backup. Blues 9-4. Not bad, given all the injuries.

[theohall]

Husso needs to learn how not to set up the defense for failure. Don't put the puck where the forechecker is going.

Nice to see a comeback win and the Blues winning without Schwartz.

[Robb_K]

That was an awfully cheap penalty against O'Reilly. But good 1st Period, overall, for The Blues.

[Portland Blues]

That was an awfully cheap penalty against O'Reilly. But good 1st Period, overall, for The Blues.

Wrong GDT Robb.