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Jay Bouwmeester will dress in his 1,000th regular season game tonight. Bouwmeester will become the 18th active player and the 307th player overall in NHL history to reach that milestone. A two-time NHL All-Star and 5-time gold medalist with Team Canada, Bouwmeester owns the fifth-longest iron man streak in NHL history at 749 games (including postseason).

Milestones
  • Alexander Steen is one shy of 200 career goals
  • Alex Pietrangelo is tied with Chris Pronger (12) for second in game-winning goals among defensemen in franchise history
  • Ryan Reaves is nine shy of 600 career PIM
  • Jake Allen (12) is one shutout shy of Roman Turek (13) for 4th on the all-time franchise list
Quick Hits

The Blues rank first overall with a 25.9 percent power play conversion rate on the road
The Blues have scored one goal in five of their last six games but they've managed a 1-2-2 record in those games
The Blues' road record in October over the past four seasons is 10-4-3
The Blues have earned four power-play opportunities in four straight games for the first time since a 5-game stretch from Dec. 30, 2014 to Jan. 8, 2015

50th Anniversary Throwback Note

On this day in 1986, Bernie Federko scored his 293rd career goal in a 3-3 tie with Pittsburgh to become the St. Louis Blues' all-time leading goal scorer. He passed Garry Unger, who had 292 goals in a Blues' uniform.