Binnington, Tarasenko given NHL honors for February

Joe Puetz-USA TODAY SportsVladimir Tarasenko and Jordan Binnington both played pretty ok in February. The Blues as a whole tied their team record for wins in a month with 12, and set a new mark for wins in the month of February. The team finds itself just five points out of first place in the Central Division with three games in hand on the division leading Nashville Predators - and all that happened within about a month’s time span, a good bit of it spent missing key players.

Two players the Blues relied on to get them through the month were forward Vladimir Tarasenko (22 points in 14 games) and Jordan Binnington (10-1-0, four shutouts). The NHL awarded both of them today. Tarasenko was…