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Get your game notes: Wild at Blues

Alexander Steen, Zach Parise

St. Louis Blues’ Alexander Steen, left, and Minnesota Wild Zach Parise watch for the puck during the third period of a preseason NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)

Scott Kane

Tonight on NBCSN, it’s the St. Louis Blues hosting the Minnesota Wild starting at 8 p.m. ET. Following are some game notes, as compiled by the NHL on NBC research team:

--- The Blues are 7-0-1 vs. the other six teams in the Central Division, outscoring them by a combined 34-16 (not including shootout goals). The only other NHL teams that are unbeaten in regulation vs. divisional foes are Ottawa (6-0-1 vs. Atlantic teams) and Anaheim (5-0-0 vs. Pacific teams).

--- Since the beginning of the 2008-09 season, the Blues are 7-0-2 vs. the Wild on home ice. Four of the past five meetings at Scottrade Center have gone past 60 minutes, with the Blues taking one game each in regulation, overtime and the shootout, while the Wild’s only two wins have come in the shootout.

--- Since riding a 13-game point streak (the NHL’s longest this season) from Oct. 17-Nov. 16, the Blues’ Alexander Steen has only one assist in his last four games; after scoring at least one goal in 12 of his first 14 games from Oct. 3-Nov. 7, the Swedish sniper has gone without a goal in six of his last eight.

--- Wild goaltender Josh Harding, who is questionable after suffering a leg injury in warmups on Saturday, is 6-3-1 lifetime vs. St. Louis, with a 1.92 GAA. The only other NHL team that he has beaten six times is Chicago (6-3-0, 2.53 GAA). Against the Blues, Niklas Backstrom is only 6-8-1, with a 2.86 GAA.

--- Harding, who has eight wins in November (T-most in NHL, with Corey Crawford), has gone 22 games without allowing more than three goals. Only the Flyers’ Steve Mason (23) has a longer active streak.

--- Since Mar. 24, 2011, the Blues are 44-0-1 at Scottrade Center when scoring three or more goals. (Their lone defeat came in a 6-5 shootout loss to Anaheim on Feb. 9, 2013.) Their 45-game point streak is exactly two-and-a-half times longer than the second-longest active home point streak (18), held by Washington (18-0-0), Minnesota (16-0-2) and Detroit (15-0-3). (Elias Sports Bureau)

--- Of the 12 defensemen in the NHL who have at least 15 points this season, three play for the Blues: Alex Pietrangelo (18 points), Jay Bouwmeester (17) and Kevin Shattenkirk (16). Ryan Suter, the Wild’s points leader among blueliners, is also on that list (15 points, all assists).

--- Suter leads the NHL in time on ice/game (29:33), almost two minutes more per game than the Senators’ Erik Karlsson (27:46, 2nd in the NHL). The last time a player averaged more than 29 minutes TOI/G over an entire season was 2002-03, when Nicklas Lidstrom (29:20) and Adrian Aucoin (29:00) did so.

--- The Wild have allowed an NHL-low 25.3 shots per game. In the first three games of their current four-game road trip, however, they have allowed 104 shots (34.7 per game), including a season-high 39 vs. Winnipeg on Saturday.

--- The Blues’ power play (20/78, 25.6%) tops the NHL. Their power-play efficiency at home is even better (13/44, 29.6%), although that statistic ranks only second in the league (Toronto, 32.4%).

--- The Blues are coming off a 6-1 home win over Dallas (Nov. 23), in which six different players scored a goal. (13 different players registered at least one point.) Only eight times in 2013-14 has a team scored 6+ goals without a multi-goal scorer. (All of the teams that accomplished this feat reside in the Western Conference.) The Blues and Blackhawks are the only teams to do it twice. (Elias Sports Bureau)