St. Louis faces Minnesota on 7-game win streak

Minnesota Wild (46-21-6, second within the Central) vs. St. Louis Blues (44-20-10, third within the Central)

St. Louis; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis goals to maintain its seven-game win streak alive when the Blues tackle Minnesota.

The Blues have gone 14-5-3 in opposition to division opponents. St. Louis leads the NHL capturing 12.0% and averaging 3.7 objectives on 30.5 pictures per recreation.

The Wild are 11-9-2 in division matchups. Minnesota ranks fifth within the NHL averaging 3.6 objectives per recreation, led by Kirill Kaprizov with 42.

Of their final assembly on April 8, St. Louis gained 4-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Tarasenko has 72 complete factors for the Blues, 31 objectives and 41 assists. Robert Thomas has six objectives and 15 assists during the last 10 video games for St. Louis.

Kaprizov leads the Wild with 91 factors, scoring 42 objectives and registering 49 assists. Kevin Fiala has seven objectives and three assists during the last 10 video games for Minnesota.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blues: 9-0-1, averaging 4.8 objectives, 8.7 assists, 1.8 penalties and three.6 penalty minutes whereas giving up 2.4 objectives per recreation with a .930 save share.

Wild: 7-1-2, averaging 3.7 objectives, 5.9 assists, 3.9 penalties and 10.9 penalty minutes whereas giving up 2.4 objectives per recreation with a .929 save share.

INJURIES: Blues: Scott Perunovich: out (wrist), Mackenzie MacEachern: out (upper-body).

Wild: Jordan Greenway: daily (upper-body), Matt Dumba: daily (higher physique), Jon Merrill: daily (higher physique).

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The Related Press created this story utilizing expertise supplied by Information Skrive and information from Sportradar.