Coming off a dramatic 4–3 loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday, the Blues aim to continue their offensive firepower with the Thomas, Holloway, and Snuggerud line. The line has a combined 23 points with 9 goals in their last 5 games. The last time the Blues faced Carolina, they secured a 3–0 victory with Hofer in goal. Nick Bjugstad, Dalibor Dvorsky, and Jimmy Snuggerud contributed to that win. In the last 10 games, Carolina has a record of 8–2, compared to the Blues' 5–4–1.
The Carolina Hurricanes have an impressive record of 41–17–6, with their top line consisting of Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, and Andrei Svechnikov. The Hurricanes' top line has a combined 19 points, including 5 goals. The Hurricanes have4 skaters with 20 or more goals and 6 skaters with at least 11 goals. The Blues have yet to have their first skater reach 20 goals, but they have eight players with a minimum of 14 goals. The Hurricanes have maintained an impressive plus152 in goal differential so far, compared to the Blues' -144. The goals against per game between the teams is also noticeably different, with the Blues allowing 3.33 goals per game, while the Hurricanes are comfortably at 2.88 goals against per game.
The Blues aim to give more of their young players valuable ice time as Theo Lindstein will stay in the lineup, earning a point against the Islanders. Additionally, Logan Mailloux has been seeing more ice time, which is well deserved. March has been a good month for Logan. So far, he's taken more shots on goal and scored 2 goals earlier in the month.
