Binnington backstops Blues in win over Maple Leafs

TORONTO – Jordan Binnington made 41 saves arsenic the St. Louis Blues downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 connected Thursday night.

Dylan Holloway, with two, Philip Broberg, Alexandre Texier and Jake Neighbours scored for St. Louis (5-3-0). Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich added 2 assists each.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson replied for Toronto (4-4-0), which got 22 stops from Joseph Woll successful his archetypal commencement of the play aft coming disconnected injured reserve (groin) earlier successful the day.

The Blues opened the scoring connected their 3rd changeable erstwhile Broberg fired a puck done postulation earlier Holloway doubled the visitors’ pb connected a powerfulness play.

Ekman-Larsson got the Leafs connected the committee successful the 2nd with his archetypal extremity for Toronto, but Texier made it 3-1 earlier the play was out.

Toronto caput manager Craig Berube, who led St. Louis to the franchise’s lone Stanley Cup triumph successful 2019, faced his erstwhile nine for the archetypal clip since getting fired successful December.

Takeaways

The Blues played their archetypal crippled without centre Robert Thomas aft helium suffered a breached ankle successful Tuesday’s 3-2 nonaccomplishment to the Winnipeg Jets. The 25-year-old, who had 1 extremity and 5 assists successful 7 games, is expected to miss astatine slightest six weeks of action.

The Leafs got a fig of large stops from Woll. Anthony Stolarz was outstanding successful his absence, going 3-2-0 with a .938 percent and 1.83 goals-against average.

Key moment

Toronto’s powerfulness play had an accidental to get the squad wrong 1 portion down 3-1 successful the second, but again fired blanks to driblet to 0-for-3 connected the nighttime — and 3-for-26 connected the season. The Leafs had different fruitless antheral vantage successful the third.

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Key stat

Broberg, who was plucked by the Blues from the Edmonton Oilers successful August on with guardant Dylan Holloway erstwhile the brace signed connection sheets the aforesaid day, has 7 points successful 8 games.

Up next

Toronto opens a two-game roadworthy travel Saturday against the Boston Bruins, portion St. Louis visits the Montreal Canadiens successful the 2nd of 4 consecutive contests distant from home.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Oct. 24, 2024.

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