ST. LOUIS -- Colton Parayko continues to shine in the spotlight.
The St. Louis Blues top defenseman continues to play at an extremely high level and has fared will against some of the NHL's elite talent.
Since being a minus-3 in a 6-1 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Dec. 19, Parayko has been an even or plus player in 20 of the past 23 games, and in those three games he hasn't, he's only been a minus-1 in each game, including last Tuesday in a 4-1 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In those 23 games, Parayko has gone up against and done a solid job on the likes of Nathan MacKinnon, Sidney Crosby, Elias Pettersson, Sebastien Aho, Artemi Panarin, David Pastrnak, Alex Ovechkin, Tage Thompson, Cole Caufield and Auston Matthews, who leads the NHL with 48 goals.
When Matthews is on the ice Monday, Parayko will likely be out there with partner Nick Leddy doing their best to neutralize the Leafs' top weapons.
Parayko is 24th in the league in average ice time at 23:52 and is a plus-10 on the season and needs just one goal to match his career high of 10 done twice, most recently in 2019-20.
