Blues at Islanders
The St. Louis Blues are perfect halfway through their four-game road trip and hope to remain that way when they visit the New York Islanders on Tuesday. St. Louis began its trek with a triumph in Dallas on Saturday and followed with an impressive 4-1 victory at Washington two nights later to run its overall winning streak to a season-high three games.
Vladimir Tarasenko and defenseman Vince Dunn each recorded a goal and an assist against the Capitals while David Perron netted his team high-tying 16th tally to extend his point streak to a career-best 11 games - the longest by a Blue since Alex Steen's 13-game stretch in 2013. St. Louis is looking to avenge a 4-3 home loss on Jan. 5 to the Islanders, who are 1-1-0 on their four-game homestand after cruising past league-leading Tampa Bay 5-1 on Sunday. Cal Clutterbuck and Casey Cizikas each scored a goal and set up another for New York, which produced more than four tallies for just the second time since a 7-5 win against the New York Rangers on Nov. 15. Clutterbuck's goal was his first since that triumph over the Rangers, ending his 23-game drought, while Cizikas' two-point performance increased his season total to 19 - two more than his total in 64 contests last campaign.
TV: 7 p.m. ET, FS Midwest (St. Louis), MSG Plus (New York)
ABOUT THE BLUES (20-20-4): Jordan Binnington likely will be in the crease against the Islanders one day after being named the NHL's Second Star of the Week. The 25-year-old rookie went 3-0-0 with a 0.67 goals-against average, .974 save percentage and one shutout, which he posted on Jan. 7 at Philadelphia in his first NHL start - joining Rich Parent (Jan. 26, 1999) as the only goaltenders in franchise history to accomplish the feat. Ryan O'Reilly, who is tied with Perron with 16 goals after scoring versus the Islanders earlier this month and leads the team with 44 points, has notched two assists in three of his last five games.
ABOUT THE ISLANDERS (25-15-4): Devon Toews has recorded three goals in his first 10 NHL games, becoming the franchise's first defenseman to accomplish the feat since Vladimir Malakhov in 1992-93. The 24-year-old Toews, who was a fourth-round pick in the 2014 draft, notched his only career assist in the win at St. Louis on Jan. 5. Josh Bailey's next assist will be the 278th of his career, tying him with Bobby Nystrom for 13th place on the franchise list.
OVERTIME
1. Islanders G Thomas Greiss is two wins away from pulling even with Rollie Melanson (77) for sixth in team history.
2. Perron has collected five goals and nine assists during his point streak.
3. The Islanders are 20-5-3 when being outshot this season.