Maple Leafs at Blues preview

MAPLE LEAFS (36-19-3) at BLUES (31-22-5)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TVAS, SNO, NHL.TV

St. Louis, which tied the Buffalo Sabres for the longest winning streak in the NHL this season (Nov. 8-27) with a 4-0 victory at the Minnesota Wild on Sunday, has won 10 in a row for the second time in since entering the NHL in 1967 (Jan. 3-23, 2002).
The Blues, who are four points ahead of the Dallas Stars for third place in the Central Division, have outscored their opponents 40-14 during the streak and have three straight shutout wins.
The Maple Leafs, 7-2-1 in their past 10 games, wrap up a six-game road trip. Toronto, which trails the Boston Bruins by three points for second place in the Atlantic Division, is 3-2-0 on the trip.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward Mitchell Marner has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past six games and needs one point for 200 in in the NHL.
Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko has 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists) during his NHL career-high 12-game point streak. He has eight goals in his past six games.

They said it

"They smacked us around, to be honest with you (4-1 St. Louis win in Toronto on Oct. 20). They were way better than us, so we've got that to go off of and obviously the record, and we didn't like our last game." -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock on facing the Blues
"It's special. It's been a good little stretch here for us. It's definitely showing in our work ethic and our game that we're playing the right way and we're doing the right things that winning teams do." -- Blues defenseman Colton Parayko

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Patrick Marleau -- Auston Matthews -- Kasperi Kapanen
Andreas Johnsson -- Nazem Kadri -- William Nylander
Par Lindholm -- Frederik Gauthier -- Connor Brown
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Travis Dermott
Jake Muzzin -- Nikita Zaitsev
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Scratched:Tyler Ennis, Justin Holl, Igor Ozhiganov
Injured:None

Blues projected lineup

Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz -- Tyler Bozak -- Alexander Steen
Zach Sanford -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Pat Maroon
Mackenzie MacEachern
-- Ivan Barbashev -- Robert Thomas
Joel Edmundson -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched:Robby Fabbri, Chris Butler
Injured:David Perron (upper body), Carl Gunnarsson (upper body)

Status report

Johnsson is expected to play after missing Saturday with a leg injury. ... Steen, who missed the past two games for the birth of his daughter, is back in the lineup and will replace Fabbri.

Stat pack

Tavares has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his past seven games. ... Matthews has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past three games. ... Binnington, who established a Blues rookie record with eight straight wins, has a 1.41 goals-against average, .949 save percentage and three shutouts during the streak. ... O'Reilly has 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in his past 15 games. ... The Blues have gone 433:08 without trailing in a game (Feb. 5 at the Florida Panthers) and have a shutout streak of 187:16.