David Backes tied his career high for goals in a game, as he scored four goals tonight against the Arizona Coyotes.
David Backes scored the middle four goals, all in a row, tying his career high for goals in a game. He's scored four goals just one other time in his career, on April 2nd, 2009 against the Detroit Red Wings.
Paul Stastny scored the Blues first goal, as he chipped in puck after Dmitrij Jaskin's shot rebounded off of Mike Smith's pad. Patrik Berglund registered the secondary assist on Stastny's goal. Stastny also picked up an assist on Backes' first goal of the night.
Backes scored his first goal of the game on the power play, off a pretty passing from the aforementioned Stastny and T.J. Oshie. Backes, who was parked in front of Mike Smith, rook the pass from Oshie, and deposited the puck in a wide open net.
Backes' second goal of the game was an beautiful snipe that beat Smith blocker side. T.J. Oshie picked up his second assist of the game, as he sprung Backes on a partial breakaway.
Backes capped off the hat-trick as he wired the puck past Smith thanks to a beautiful cross ice pass from Patrik Berglund.
Backes finished his night off with his fourth goal, as he lifted the stick of the defending Coyote forward, Lauri Korpikoski, and then tipped in an Alexander Steen pass. The pass from Steen was a perfect back-handed pass, and Backes finished it off perfectly.
Jaden Schwartz finished the scoring, as he tipped in a Alex Pietrangelo point shot on the power play. The puck was going wide of the net, but Schwartz showed off some impressive hand-eye coordination to make it a 6-0 game.
There are a few Blues who are really starting to heat up. Paul Stastny, who struggled to start the season, now has eight points in his last six games.
T.J. Oshie has REALLY started heating up, as he has 11 points in his last six games. He also has 17 points since his cereal, "Oshie O's", has hit the shelves.
Dmitrij Jaskin continues to impress, as he is now on a two game point streak. He also has registered six points in his last nine games since being recalled from the Chicago Wolves.
David Backes scored four tonight, but before tonight, he six points in his last nine games. Now has ten points in his last ten games.
The Blues are headed home, and will play seven games on home ice. They host the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night, and the puck drops at 7:00 p.m.