Overview
- Colorado enters 29-2-7 with eight straight wins, points in 28 of 29, and a 16-0-2 home mark that includes 14 consecutive victories.
- St. Louis arrives 15-17-8 in a matchup that pits the NHL’s best goal differential (+66) and fewest goals allowed (87) against the league’s worst differential (-37) and 137 goals conceded.
- Nathan MacKinnon leads the NHL with 32 goals and sits one shy of 400 for his career.
- Colorado’s power play is converting 15.5% of its chances and has produced two goals while allowing two short-handed in the past five games, a concern noted by coach Jared Bednar.
- Team Canada named Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Devon Toews and St. Louis’ Jordan Binnington and Colton Parayko to its Olympic roster.