Now, much is made about the Blues’ inspired and improved offense under new coach Jim Montgomery. But the recent dominance of Binnington has been imperative — and the goalie has a knack for making the biggest save at the most important times (and sometimes that’s to preserve a lead, as opposed to potentially giving one up).

Binnington is coming off a loss on Tuesday in Minnesota when he allowed five goals on 25 shots, but he had a 20-save shutout vs. Ottawa and 28 saves in

Watch as the Florida Panthers and New Jersey Devils break out into a scrum after Matthew Tkachuk hit Nico Hischier. The two key players on Eastern Conference contenders got into some rough stuff ...