Blues beat Maple Leafs 5-1 in first meeting against former coach Craig Berube since his firing

Jordan Binnington made 40 saves, Dylan Holloway scored doubly and St. Louis hit Toronto 5-1 connected Thursday night, spoiling Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube’s first crippled against nan Blues since they fired him successful December

TORONTO -- Jordan Binnington made 40 saves, Dylan Holloway scored doubly and St. Louis hit Toronto 5-1 connected Thursday night, spoiling Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube's first crippled against nan Blues since they fired him successful December.

Berube led St. Louis to nan franchise’s only Stanley Cup successful 2019.

Philip Broberg, Alexandre Texier and Jake Neighbours besides scored to thief St. Louis amended to 5-3-0. Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich each had 2 assists.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored for Toronto, and Joseph Woll stopped 22 successful his first commencement of nan play aft coming disconnected injured reserve from a groin problem earlier successful nan day. The Maple Leafs fell to 4-4-0.

The Blues opened nan scoring connected their 3rd changeable erstwhile Broberg fired a puck done traffic. Holloway doubled nan advantage connected a powerfulness play.

Ekman-Larsson sewage nan Maple Leafs connected nan committee successful nan 2nd pinch his first extremity for Toronto, but Texier made it 3-1 earlier nan play was out.

Blues: St. Louis played its first crippled without halfway Robert Thomas aft he collapsed an ankle Tuesday nighttime successful a nonaccomplishment to Winnipeg. He's expected to miss astatine slightest six weeks.

Maple Leafs: Toronto sewage a number of large stops from Woll. Anthony Stolarz was outstanding successful his absence, going 3-2-0 pinch a .938 prevention percent and 1.83 GAA.

Toronto’s powerfulness play had an opportunity to get nan squad wrong 1 while down 3-1 successful nan second, but again grounded to people to driblet to 0 for 3 connected nan nighttime — and 3 for 26 connected nan season. The Maple Leafs had different fruitless man advantage successful nan third.

Broberg, who was plucked by nan Blues from Edmonton successful August on pinch guardant Dylan Holloway erstwhile nan brace signed connection sheets nan aforesaid day, has 7 points successful 8 games.

Toronto opens a two-game travel Saturday nighttime astatine Boston. St. Louis is astatine Montreal connected Saturday nighttime successful nan 2nd of crippled of its trip.

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