The Preds are back in action after a satisfying win Wednesday. Today’s opponent is the St Louis Blues, who are hanging in there in the standings.
It’s a little hard to see why. They’re one of the worst teams in the league at 5v5, getting significantly outchanced every night, and their power play (which isn’t nearly as bad as their 5v5 play) clocks in at a whopping 7.3% success rate–not a typo. Part of it is thanks to good goaltending, with Joel Hofer putting up a .919 sv% on the season so far and Jordan Binnington contributing with a .