Forward has rediscovered his scoring touch with six points (four goals) past two games; St. Louis will need him in biggest game of season to stay in wild card hunt
ST. LOUIS -- In the biggest game of the season for the St. Louis Blues, they will need their biggest players to be their best players against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Needless to say, Kyrou's scoring touch, along with his confidence, has surfaced again at the right time; he scored his second hat trick of the season on Saturday in a 5-4 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild, giving him four goals and two assists the past two games and three multi-point games in the past five.
There seems to be good chemistry there with Pavel Buchnevich and Brandon Saad.
"I think you have to give him credit," Blues interim coach Drew Bannister said of Kyrou. "He's made adjustments to his game that what we're trying to do. And then he's having success and with that it breeds confidence in his game itself. But I think it starts with the player doing the right thing.
"He's starting to use his speed to his advantage wide instead of bringing into the middle of the ice. That's probably the biggest thing and then simplifying when he has to. When he doesn't have time and space, I see a person that's more willing to put pucks in and go get it back first and staying in on battles and the forecheck."
Kyrou had a goal and an assist the last times these teams met and has 10 points in 17 career games against Vegas.
