TORONTO — Ryan O’Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko have combined for more than 500 goals and more than 1,200 points over their distinguished NHL careers. This season, they represent two of the four Blues’ players who have scored at least 10 goals this season.
That’s a significant chunk of firepower to be missing for a team struggling just to tread water. But it didn’t matter Tuesday at Scotiabank Arena.
A thinned-out lineup featuring two players just called up from Springfield of the AHL — Jake Neighbours and Nikita Alexandrov — was good enough to defeat the high-powered Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-5 in a shootout. Brayden Schenn had the game winner in the fourth round.
