When: Monday, May 23 at 8:30 p.m. CT
Where: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO
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Colorado leads the best-of-7 series, 2-1
The St. Louis Blues will look to even the best-of-7 series with the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4, but they will have to do it without Jordan Binnington between the pipes.
Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri collided with Binnington in the first period of Game 3, causing the Blues goalie to leave the game with a lower-body injury.
On Sunday, Blues Head Coach Craig Berube ruled Binnington out for the remainder of the series. Binnington was 4-1 with a 1.72 goals-against average and a .949 save-percentage in the postseason.
Ville Husso, who opened the playoffs as the Blues’ starter, is expected to be back in between the pipes for the Blues in Game 4.
Charlie Lindgren, who went 5-0 for the Blues in December, was recalled from the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds under emergency conditions.
“It’s an unfortunate injury and at the same time, we have full confidence in Ville,” Blues forward Brayden Schenn said. “(Binnington and Husso) have had the net at times this year and both guys are very capable of winning hockey games. We’re looking forward to seeing what Ville can do and when he’s in the net, we’re just as confident with ‘Binner’ there and (we’ve) just got to play hard in front of them.”
“We’ve moved on from it,” Berube added about the Binnington/Kadri incident. “I don’t really want to talk about it anymore because it doesn’t do anything to talk about it anymore. We’ve got to get focused for (Game 4), and focusing on that play and focusing on Kadri doesn’t help our team.”
NOTEWORTHY STATS
– David Perron became the first Blues player to score seven goals through first eight playoff games of a postseason since Shayne Corson did it for the Blues in 1996. Perron has 20 goals in the playoffs as a Blue, which ranks seventh on the club’s all-time list.
– Nick Leddy has appeared in 127 career postseason games – the most of any Blue.
– Vladimir Tarasenko will tie Jaden Schwartz for fifth in franchise history in playoff games played (88) in Game 4. Tarasenko is just two points away from leaping Al MacInnis (58) for third in franchise history in postseason points.
THEY SAID IT
Craig Berube, on whether he would like to see retaliation against Kadri: “Nope. We’re here to win. That’s it. Just go try to win.”
