Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the St. Louis Blues (39-13-6, 84 points) and Anaheim Ducks (41-14-5, 87 points) faceoff live from the Honda Center in Anaheim for the third and final meeting 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 Anaheim fans can do the same on KLAA 830.
Two President's Trophy hopefuls square off when these Western Conference powerhouses hit the ice tonight. St. Louis is coming off of a shutout loss to the Vancouver Canucks while Anaheim will become the last team to get back into action following the Olympic break.
The Ducks look for the season sweep as they defeated the Blues 5-2 on Dec. 7 and 3-2 on Jan. 18 with both games taking place in St. Louis.
Teemu Selanne scored twice to help Finland win the bronze medal at the Sochi Olympic Games to close out his storybook international career, and he'll turn his attention to trying to help the Ducks win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2007, and the team will look to stay as hot as it was prior to the break.
"It was a great way to finish my national team career," said Selanne, who was named MVP of the Olympic tournament, via NHL.com. "Now I'm back here, and it's also a good feeling. We have a great team here, and we have a mission. Hopefully the break will be good for our players. They can regroup and be ready for that last push. It's gonna be fun."
Ken Hitchcock did some experimenting with the Blues last time out, switching Patrik Berglund from center to the left wing.
"I didn't know before because I never played it," Berglund told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a switch from center to the wing. "But now I've been enjoying it. I like to forecheck and I think I'm pretty good at it, so now I can actually go whenever I want and be that guy. It puts me in spots where I like to be."
The Blues have been led offensively by Alex Steen (28-18-46), T.J. Oshie (14-32-46) and David Backes (20-22-42) while Ryan Getzlaf (29-38-67), Corey Perry (30-30-60) and Nick Bonino (16-24-40) have paced the Ducks.
Jaroslav Halak is likely to man the crease for St. Louis and is 24-9-4 with a 2.23 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage while Jonas Hiller will likely suit up for Anaheim and is 25-9-4 with a 2.34 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
Two of the best teams in the Western Conference clash when the lights come up at the Honda Center tonight in Anaheim.
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