And yes, Gourde, who has a modified no-trade, would like to join a contender. He won two Stanley Cups in Tampa as you’ll remember and I always saw him as a potential fit with Toronto by the way if they strike out on those bigger names that Dregs talked about at the top.

Jake Neighbours also scored for St. Louis late in the first period while Jordan Binnington made 21 saves as the Blues played their second game of six-game trip and the first of three in Southern California.

Colton Parayko and Pavel Buchnevich score, and Jordan Binnington makes 25 saves to help the St. Louis Blues defeat the Kings 4-1.

St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington and forward Robert Thomas defend the goal from Los Angeles Kings forward Warren Foegele in the second period of a game against the Los

The Blues will likely give Joel Hofer the net for Sunday's game versus the Stars, but they play the Kings twice more over the next week.

Binnington stopped 21 of 23 shots in Wednesday's 3-2 shootout win over the Kings. Binnington earned his fifth win in his last six outings with this performance, which also saw him turn aside two of three shootout attempts.

It’s doubtful that St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong was basing important decisions about the future of the franchise on the bounce of a puck Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. A game against the Los Angeles Kings was the Blues’ last before the NHL trade deadline at 2 p.

The St. Louis Blues' players may have no control over what general manager Doug Armstrong does at Friday's trade deadline, but goalie Jordan Binnington believes they've put together a compelling case to keep the band together.

Jim Montgomery became the the sixth-fastest coach in NHL history to 200 wins, needing 336 games to accomplish the milestone.