After a... let’s say unique shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, fans were probably looking forward to seeing goaltender Jordan Binnington stymie the defending Stanley Cup champions again tonight. After all, once he and the team recovered from the flukiest first period on record, it was easily one of Binnington’s best games of the season. Why not want more?
Whelp, we can want more all that we want to, but we’re not getting it. Binnington has been placed by the Blues on the NHL’s Covid-19 protocol list. He joins center Tyler Bozak on the list, and injured players David Perron, James Neal, and Klim Kostin in the growing list of core talent who is out for the near future.