After wrapping up a stretch of six games in a row on the road, the St. Louis Blues will come home to play five of their next six games. That crucial stretch will begin Sunday night when they host the Anaheim Ducks.
The game will be moved back two hours to 7 p.m. Central Time due to issues with the team's charter jet.
The Blues are coming off a 5-1 road victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. They finished their road stretch with a 3-2-1 record. "We've been playing consistently well since the 4 Nations break," Blues coach Jim Montgomery said.
"We continue to develop confidence and continue to win games in different fashions." Blues winger Jordan Kyrou recorded a hat trick against the Wild to snap a seven-game goal-scoring drought. "The way he scored his first two goals, it talks about the maturity in his game," Montgomery said.
"How hard he went to the net off a faceoff play to bang home a rebound, and then to put the puck in behind and go get it, like on a self-chip on the forecheck. "And then he makes a talented play when he has time and space down low. Not a lot of people can make that play where they freeze the goalie and then go wrap it on the far post.
" The Blues won the previous two meetings between these teams, 6-2 at home on Jan. 9 with Joel Hofer in goal and 4-3 in Anaheim on March 7 with Jordan Binnington in net. Because Hofer started Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn.
, Binnington likely will draw this start against Anaheim. The Ducks tightened defensively Fri.
