Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the St. Louis Blues (12-5-1, 25 points) and Montreal Canadiens (14-5-1, 29 points) take the ice at the Bell Centre in Montreal for the first of two meetings against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. St. Louis fans can hear all of the action on KMOX 1120 while Montreal fans can do the same on TSN 690.
St. Louis has been solid thus far this season and sits in second place in the Central Division despite losing last time out while Montreal has the most points in the NHL, but had a six-game winning streak snapped last time out.
The Blues have won 10 of 12, but they've been shut out three times in seven road games this season, including their 2-0 loss at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. St. Louis has enjoyed a lot of success, but coach Ken Hitchcock believes a lot of the team's positions are up for grabs.
"We're not really settled on some of those guys because nobody's really grabbed certain spots, and we're looking for somebody to grab it," Hitchcock said via NHL.com.
The Blues have been paced by Vladimir Tarasenko, who is second in the league with a plus-15 plus-minus rating and has a team-best 21 points off of 10 goals and 11 assists.
Jaden Schwartz is second on the team with 18 points off of seven markers and 11 helpers while Jori Lehtera has lit the lamp seven times and added 10 assists for 17 points.
The Canadiens have been a strong team thus far, but they face another tough test in the Blues after being blanked 4-0 by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
"They're a big strong physical team and they're good in the faceoff dot which means that they start with the puck a lot," Max Pacioretty told NHL.com. "But it looks like our team's been doing well in faceoffs this year and I think that might be a big factor in a game against a team like this."
Pacioretty, who turned 26 today, leads the Canadiens with 16 points off of eight goals and eight assists thus far.
Tomas Plekanec ranks second on the team with 15 points off of seven markers and eight helpers while Alex Galchenyuk has found the twine five times and added eight assists for 13 points.
In net, Montreal is slated to turn to Carey Price, who is tied for second in the NHL with 11 wins and has added a 2.58 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.
St. Louis is probable to counter with Jake Allen, who is 5-1-0 with a 1.67 GAA and a .933 save percentage.
Two of the NHL's best teams go head-to-head when the lights come up on the Blues and Canadiens tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
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