It hasn't been the trip the St. Louis Blues wanted, or needed, as it winds down on Monday night against the Boston Bruins.
Losers of three in a row, it's been a rough stretch for the Blues (32-29-3), and it won't be any easier as they close out their longest road trip of the season (five games) against the Bruins (38-13-15), who have just one regulation loss the past 12 games (7-1-4).
But our player to watch tonight is on former Bruins defenseman Torey Krug, who seems to get that extra giddy-up when the Blues defenseman faces his former mates. He has four points (two goals, two assists) in five games since leaving Boston and signing with St. Louis in 2020.
Krug doesn't have a point on the trip, which has seen the Blues go 1-3-0 thus far with three straight losses but he's logging the minutes, having played in 20 or more minutes per game the past 16 games.
Krug will quarterback one of the power play units again tonight, and it will need an injection since it has gone 0-for-9 on the trip and just 2-for-24 the past eight games.
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