ST. LOUIS — When Blues coach Craig Berube juggled his lines after his team’s rocky night in the Canadian Rockies on Monday, he turned to a combination that he hadn’t tried much. He returned Brayden Schenn to center for the first time since he returned from his second injury in early January, and matched him with Brandon Saad and David Perron.
It worked. Saad scored twice, matching his goal total from last season in Colorado, and had an assist Schenn had a goal and an assist and Perron body slammed a Flame as the Blues avenged Monday’s Mess with a 5-1 win over the Flames before a sellout crowd at Enterprise Center. The Blues have one more game, on Saturday at Enterprise against Winnipeg, before their extended All-Star break.
Ville Husso had a much easier night than Jordan Binnington did on Monday. Binnington faced 35 shots in periods and gave up seven goals before being pulled. Husso still faced some Calgary breakaways and the Flames had some good chances, but he won his sixth straight start and improved to 9-2-1 on the season. That’s two fewer wins than Binnington has in nine fewer games. Since the start of the team's trip, Husso has stopped 106 of 108 shots he's faced; he's allowed one goal or less in five of his past six starts.
