Tonight: JETS @ BLUES

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This article was published 07/04/2015 (3828 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

ABOUT THE BLUES

• St. Louis has clinched a playoff spot at 49-23-7, and is now trying to hold off both Nashville and Chicago to finish atop the Central Division. The Blues have 105 points, the Preds are at 104 and the Hawks at 102.
• The Blues edged the Hawks 2-1 in Chicago Sunday night, giving them control of how the rest of this week goes. Each team has three games remaining. St. Louis is 5-3-2 in its last 10 and has won three straight.
• Jake Allen made 38 saves in the St. Louis net for the win and will start against the Jets tonight. When asked after Monday’s practice if it was difficult telling veteran Brian Elliott he was going with Allen again, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said: “Maybe for him, but not for me. I’ve got to do what’s best for the hockey club and what’s best for the hockey club is whoever’s playing the best gets to play. That’s just the way it is.”
• Allen, FYI, is 4-0-1 in his last five starts with a .956 save percentage and 1.20 goal-against average. In Elliott’s last four starts the Blues were 1-3 and the netminder had an .824 save percentage. Elliott faced the media as well on Monday and was asked if he was reading anything into the change — Hitchcock, after all, had said recently the vet would carry the load into the playoffs. “There’s an inside voice and an outside voice, so…” Elliott said. “I have my own feelings, so I’ll keep them to myself.”
• One more thing on the goaltending situation for the Blues as the playoffs approach: St. Louis is 29-10-3 when Allen starts.

 

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

34 Michael Hutchinson

 

2 Adam Pardy

5 Mark Stuart

7 Keaton Ellerby

8 Jacob Trouba

12 Drew Stafford

14 Anthony Peluso

15 Matt Halischuk

16 Andrew Ladd

17 Adam Lowry

18 Bryan Little

19 Jim Slater

20 Lee Stempniak

21 T.J. Galiardi

22 Chris Thorburn

23 Jay Harrison

26 Blake Wheeler

39 Toby Enstrom

51 Andrew Copp

55 Mark Scheifele

57 Tyler Myers

58 Eric O’Dell

63 Ben Chiarot

67 Michael Frolik

85 Mathieu Perreault

91 Jiri Tlusty

 

ST. LOUIS BLUES

1 Brian Elliott

34 Jake Allen

 

4 Carl Gunnarsson

5 Barret Jackman

6 Zbynek Michalek

9 Steve Ott

12 Jori Lehtera

13 Olli Jokinen

17 Jaden Schwartz

18 Ty Rattie

19 Jay Bouwmeester

21 Patrik Berglund

22 Kevin Shattenkirk

23 Dmitrij Jaskin

25 Chris Butler

26 Paul Stastny

27 Alex Pietrangelo

32 Chris Porter

41 Robert Bortuzzo

42 David Backes

57 Marcel Goc

74 T.J. Oshie

75 Ryan Reaves

 

— Ed Tait