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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Blues began the second half of the season with a resounding thud in Calgary. But overall, the major indicators say this can be a contending team, one that can make a deep playoff run. Even with Jordan Binnington’s struggles. Look no farther than the four major statistical categories of NHL hockey for proof that St. Louis has the ingredients of a top 10 team: — Goals for: Fifth in the NHL at 3.45 goals per game. — Goals against: Ninth, at 2.71 goals per game. — Power play: Third, at 28.9 percent. — Penalty kill: Fourth, at 84.3 percent. The numbers are all the more impressive when consideri…