Preview: Western Conference Playoffs First Round St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild

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Game 1: Wednesday April 12 - TBD - Xcel Energy Center- TV TBD / KMOX 1120 AM

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16-17 Season Series vs Minnesota

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
5	3	2	0	6	10	14	9.1	92.3

Date	Matchup	Result
3/7/17	STL at MIN	W 2-1
1/26/17	STL at MIN	L 5-1
12/11/16	STL at MIN	L 3-1
11/26/16	MIN vs STL	W 4-3 (SO)
10/13/16	MIN vs STL	W 3-2

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Team Profiles

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St. Louis Blues (44-29-7) 95 Points – 3rd in Central Division

Points Leaders

Name	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-
Vladimir Tarasenko	80	38	34	72	-1
Jaden Schwartz	78	19	36	55	14
Alexander Steen	74	15	35	50	0
David Perron	80	18	28	46	-1
Alex Pietrangelo	79	14	32	46	4

Goalie Leaders

Name	GP	GS	Wins	Loss	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Jake Allen	60	59	32	20	5	2.43	.914	4
Carter Hutton	29	20	12	8	2	2.32	.914	4

Last 5 Games

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
5	3	2	0	6	10	14	9.1	92.3

Game by Game Results

Date	Match Up	Result
4/9	COL vs STL	TBD
4/8	STL at CAR	W 5-4 (SO)
4/6	STL at FLA	W 6-3
4/4	WPG vs STL	L 5-2
4/2	NSH vs STL	W 4-1

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Minnesota Wild (49-25-8) 106 Points – 2nd in Central Division

Points Leaders

Name	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-
Mikael Granlund	81	26	43	69	23
Eric Staal	82	28	37	65	17
Mikko Koivu	80	18	40	58	27
Nino Niederreiter	82	25	32	57	17
Charlie Coyle	82	18	38	56	13

Goalie Leaders

Name	GP	GS	Wins	Loss	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Devan Dubnyk	65	63	40	19	5	2.25	.923	5
Darcy Kuemper	18	17	8	5	3	3.13	.902	0

Last 5 Games

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
5	4	1	0	8	17	12	37.5	91.7

Game by Game Results

Date	Match Up	Result
4/8	MIN at ARI	W 3-1
4/6	MIN at COL	W 4-3
4/4	CAR vs MIN	W 5-3
4/2	COL vs MIN	W 5-2
4/1	MIN at vs NSH	L 3-0

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Blues vs Minnesota Previous Five Seasons By The Numbers

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Series Splits

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Blues vs Minnesota (Regular Season)

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
22	15	7	0	30	59	51	22.8	89.7

Home (Regular Season)

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
10	8	2	0	16	32	21	25.0	89.5

Away (Regular Season)

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
12	7	5	0	14	27	30	20.0	90.0

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Blues vs Minnesota (Playoffs)

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
6	2	4	0	14	17	51	18.2	66.7

Home (Playoffs)

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
3	1	2	0	2	7	9	28.6	57.1

Away (Playoffs)

GP	W	L	OT	P	GF	GA	PP%	PK%
3	1	2	0	2	7	8	0.00	80.0

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Blues Regular Season Points Leaders vs Minnesota

Name	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-
Alexander Steen	19	5	13	18	3
Vladimir Tarasenko	18	8	7	15	1
Jaden Schwartz	18	7	7	14	3
Paul Stastny	13	3	5	8	-3
Patrik Berglund	19	2	5	7	2

Blues Regular Season Goalie Leaders vs Minnesota

Name	GP	GS	Wins	Loss	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Jake Allen	11	9	6	3	0	2.09	.923	0
Carter Hutton	4	4	2	1	1	2.94	.911	1

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Blues Playoff Points Leaders vs Minnesota

Name	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-
Vladimir Tarasenko	6	6	1	7	-4
Patrik Berglund	6	2	2	4	4
Alexander Steen	6	1	3	4	-3
Jaden Schwartz	6	1	2	2	-2
Alex Pietrangelo	6	0	2	2	1

Blues Playoff Goalie Leaders vs Minnesota

Name	GP	GS	Wins	Loss	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Jake Allen	6	6	2	4	0	2.20	.904	0

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Minnesota Regular Season Points Leaders vs Blues

Name	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-
Charlie Coyle	21	5	10	14	4
Ryan Suter	21	3	11	14	4
Zach Parise	20	7	6	13	-1
Mikko Koivu	21	6	7	13	1
Nino Niederreiter	19	5	5	10	3

Minnesota Regular Season Goalie Leaders vs Blues

Name	GP	GS	Wins	Loss	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Devan Dubnyk	13	13	6	5	2	2.45	.915	0
Darcy Kuemper	3	1	0	1	0	3.38	.882	0

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Minnesota Playoff Points Leaders vs Blues

Name	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-
Zach Parise	6	3	4	7	3
Jason Pominville	6	2	3	5	2
Mikael Granlund	6	1	4	5	4
Nino Niederreiter	6	3	1	4	1
Marco Scandella	6	2	1	3	5

Minnesota Playoff Goalie Leaders vs Blues

Name	GP	GS	Wins	Loss	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Devan Dubnyk	6	6	4	2	0	2.32	.913	1
Darcy Kuemper	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.000	0