Blues play the Canucks after Kyrou’s 2-goal game

Vancouver Canucks (32-25-11, in the Pacific Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (34-28-7, in the Central Division)

St. Louis; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues host the Vancouver Canucks after Jordan Kyrou scored two goals in the Blues’ 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators.

St. Louis has a 16-14-3 record at home and a 34-28-7 record overall. The Blues have an even scoring differential this season, scoring and allowing 202 goals.

Vancouver is 32-25-11 overall and 17-12-4 in road games. The Canucks serve 9.5 penalty minutes per game to rank seventh in NHL play.

The teams play Thursday for the third time this season. The Canucks won 5-2 in the previous meeting. Conor Garland led the Canucks with two goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jake Neighbours has scored 19 goals with 19 assists for the Blues. Kyrou has five goals and six assists over the last 10 games.

Elias Pettersson has 15 goals and 28 assists for the Canucks. Filip Hronek has one goal and seven assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blues: 7-2-1, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.8 assists, 2.8 penalties and 6.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.

Canucks: 5-5-0, averaging three goals, 5.1 assists, 3.5 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.

INJURIES: Blues: None listed.

Canucks: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.