The Blues will look to maintain their hold on third place in the Central Division; they are tied with the Nashville Predators in points but have four more regulation/overtime wins. The Predators host the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. The Blues, who have won four in a row, are 9-1-0 in their past 10 and 16-7-0 since Mike Yeo took over for Ken Hitchcock as coach Feb. 1. The Blues have allowed 14 goals in their past 10 games. "I didn't even know that was kind of the number, but that's pretty good," defenseman Jay Bouwmeester said. "Obviously goaltending's No. 1. They've been playing great. Even [Thursday] night at the start of the game, [Jake Allen] kind of made some big saves and kept us in it for a little bit. We were a little slow starting, but I think there's been a focus for the past 20-25 games just to tighten that part up. Early in the year, we were just giving up so much. People were blaming the goalies or whatever, but we were giving up a lot of pretty quality chances. It makes their life pretty difficult." Allen, 7-1-0 with 10 goals allowed and two shutouts in his past eight starts, will face former teammate Elliott for the first time. "It will be fun to play against [Elliott]," Allen said. "He's a great goalie, but points are crucial for both teams right now."
