After sweeping a four-game road trip to Minnesota, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, the St. Louis Blues return home and carry a seven-game winning streak into Tuesday's matchup with the Arizona Coyotes.
"I just feel like we turn the page every night," said David Perron, who has
scored three overtime game-winners during the seven-game win streak
. "We keep going back at it the next day and try to work some more, try to get better and keep cleaning up stuff from our game or individually."
"We're just finding a way to get it done," added Ryan O'Reilly, who has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) during the streak. "We're just confident. When you (are) you just seem to get the bounces."
Entering Tuesday's matchup, the Blues have won nine of their last 10 games.
The Arizona Coyotes (10-6-2) got off to a hot start this season but have cooled somewhat lately. They were 0-2-1 in their last three games and had blown a lead in four straight games entering Monday's matchup with the Washington Capitals.
Arizona had a 3-1 lead late in the third period against the Capitals but surrendered two goals to end up in overtime. An offside review overturned what would have been an overtime game-winner for T.J. Oshie and the Capitals, but Arizona would eventually win 4-3 in a shootout.
"We're still got a half-decent record, but we're just [giving] points away," Coyotes Head Coach Rick Tocchet told NHL.com last weekend. "You want to have these points in the bank."
Nick Schmaltz leads the Coyotes with 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) this season. Phil Kessel, who was traded to Arizona in July, has three goals and seven assists (10 points) in 17 games. Goalie Darcy Kuemper has gotten the majority of starts for Arizona, going 7-5-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .930 save-percentage.
