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Blues' Brandon Saad Sends Wrister Past Jacob Markstrom For Game Winner In Final Minute

JANUARY 24 • YOUTUBE

Finds scoresheet in win Saad scored a goal on his lone shot in Thursday's 5-2 victory over the Rangers.

Impact Saad extended the Blues' lead to 3-1 midway through the second period, burying a wrist shot on the power play. The 31-year-old winger had gone six games without a goal, tallying just one assist in that span. Overall, he's up to 10 goals, three coming on the man advantage, and 18 points through 40 games this season.

JANUARY 12 • ROTOWIRE

Scores in win Saad scored a goal on his lone shot in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Senators.

Impact Saad extended the Blues' lead to 3-0 midway through the second period, one-timing an impressive cross-ice feed from Nick Leddy. The 31-year-old Saad now has goals in back-to-back games after he was held without a point in his previous four contests. Overall, he's up to seven goals and 13 points through 29 games this season in a top-six role.

DECEMBER 15, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Scores in loss to Coyotes Saad supplied a goal in a 4-1 loss to Arizona on Saturday.

Impact Saad's marker came midway in the third period to narrow the Coyotes' lead to 3-1, but St. Louis wasn't able to get anything else by goaltender Joel Hofer. Saad is red hot, recording at least a point in five of his last six outings, giving him two goals and four assists over that span. Through 23 appearances this year, the 31-year-old has five goals and 11 points.

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Helps out twice in wild win Saad recorded two assists in Wednesday's 6-5 win against the Coyotes.

Impact Saad ended up with a plus-1 rating and a shot on goal in his 13:56 of ice time across 19 shifts. The 31-year-old winger snapped a four-game scoreless skid, and it was his first multi-point performance since Nov. 4 when he had a goal and an assist in a 6-3 victory against the Canadiens. It was just his third multi-point performance of the season.

NOVEMBER 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Generates assist Saad logged an assist and two shots on goal in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Avalanche.

Impact Saad set up the second of Brayden Schenn's three goals in the contest. This was just the third game in which Saad's gotten on the scoresheet, though his previous two were multi-point efforts. The winger is at three goals, two helpers, 26 shots on net and a plus-4 rating through 13 outings. He remains in a top-six role for now, but his poor offense could eventually see him drop to the third line.

NOVEMBER 12, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

St. Louis visits Winnipeg after Saad's 2-goal game

The St. Louis Blues visit the Winnipeg Jets after Brandon Saad scored two goals in the Blues' 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins

OCTOBER 23, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Leads Blues past Penguins Saad netted two goals in a 4-2 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Impact Saad ended his season-opening, three-game scoring drought with Saturday's performance. He was limited to 19 goals and 37 points in 71 contests in 2022-23, but with Saad serving on the top line and first power-play unit, the 30-year-old has an opportunity to do moderately better this year. Just don't expect elite production out of Saad -- he hasn't reached the 50-point milestone since 2016-17.

OCTOBER 22, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Saad scores twice as Blues beat Penguins 4-2

Brandon Saad scored twice and Jordan Binnington stopped 31 shots as the St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2

OCTOBER 22, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fires four shots on net Saad fired four shots on net and finished minus-1 in Thursday's 6-2 loss to the Coyotes.

Impact After posting 19 goals and 37 points last season, Saad is off to a slow start this year with no points, five shots on net and a minus-1 rating through three games. He's averaging 16:42 of ice time per game thus far, which is on trend with his first two seasons with the Blues. Nonetheless, it wouldn't be surprising to see the 30-year-old bounce back and move towards the 20-goal threshold that he's achieved six times in his career.

OCTOBER 20, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Tallies two assists Saad notched two assists and four PIM during Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Bruins.

Impact Saad picked up an assist on each of the Blues' first two goals. He's been held to 36 points through 66 games this season. However, he's tallied seven points over his last five contests.

APRIL 3, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Blues win 5-3 to hand Blackhawks 7th straight defeat

Logan Brown and Alexey Toropchenko scored 38 seconds apart in the second period, and the St. Louis Blues beat the skidding Chicago Blackhawks 5-3

MARCH 31, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scores 19th goal of 2022-23 Saad provided a goal and an assist in a 5-3 victory over Chicago on Thursday.

Impact Saad earned his second straight multi-point contest. He's also on a three-game point streak with two goals and five points in that span. Overall in 2022-23, Saad has 19 goals and 34 points in 64 appearances. The 30-year-old is expected to fall short of the 49 points he recorded in 2021-22, but he could still reach the 20-goal milestone for the fourth time in his last five campaigns.

MARCH 30, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Two helpers in win Saad grabbed a pair of assists in Tuesday's 6-5 overtime win over Vancouver.

Impact Both of Saad's assists came in the second period, setting up Jakub Vrana before adding another helper on Robert Thomas' power-play tally. The 30-year-old Saad now has three points (one goal, two assists) in his last two games after going scoreless in his previous four contests. The veteran winger is up to 18 goals and 32 points in 63 games while playing a middle-six role in St. Louis.

MARCH 29, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Kings set franchise record with point in 12th straight game

Viktor Arvidsson had two goals for the second straight game, Adrian Kempe also scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings extended their point streak to a franchise-record 12 games in...

MARCH 27, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scores in loss Saad scored a goal on two shots in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the Kings.

Impact Saad got St. Louis on the board midway through the first period, beating Pheonix Copley from the slot with one second left on a Blues' power play. The goal was Saad's first since March 11, a span of eight games. The veteran winger is up to 30 points (18 goals, 12 assists) through 62 games this season.

MARCH 27, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Gets two helpers Friday Saad registered two assists in St. Louis' 5-2 victory over Washington on Friday.

Impact Saad has 17 goals and 29 points in 57 contests this season. His scoring pace is down from 2021-22 when he finished with 24 markers and 49 points in 78 games. A big part of the decline is because Saad's recorded only two power-play points in 2022-23, which is down from 13 last season. That's despite entering Friday's action averaging more ice time with the man advantage this year (1:53) than he did in the previous campaign (1:39).

MARCH 17, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Kyrou scores hat trick as Blues beat Blue Jackets 5-2

Jordan Kyrou scored three goals, seldom-used goaltender Thomas Greiss stopped 38 shots and the St. Louis Blues cruised to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets

MARCH 12, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Adds shorthanded helper in loss Saad logged a shorthanded assist and two shots on goal in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Kings.

Impact Saad sprang Kasperi Kapanen on a shorthanded breakaway to tie the game at 2-2 in the third period. In five games since he returned from an upper-body injury, Saad has a goal, an assist, seven shots on net, six blocked shots and a minus-4 rating. The winger is at 24 points, 93 shots and a minus-13 rating through 51 outings overall.

MARCH 5, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Scores in St. Louis loss Saad scored a goal on his only shot in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Kraken.

Impact Saad tied the game 2-2 midway through the second period, beating Martin Jones with a wrist shot after turning a long feed from Nick Leddy into a partial breakaway. The goal is Saad's first point in three games since he returned from a four-game IR stint. The veteran winger is up to 16 goals and seven assists through 49 games this season.

MARCH 1, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Geekie ends drought with 2 goals, Kraken beat Blues 5-3

Morgan Geekie scored twice and the Seattle Kraken snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues

MARCH 1, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Blues' Brandon Saad Corrals Stretch Pass And Seamlessly Rips Puck Past Kraken's Martin Jones

MARCH 1, 2023 • YOUTUBE

Behind the trade: Brandon Saad and the closing of the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup window The Blackhawks' move to send Saad to the Blue Jackets in 2015 had a lasting impact on a team that had won three Cups in six seasons.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Good to go Saad (upper body) will be activated off injured reserve and slot back into the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Canucks, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.

Impact Saad is expected to skate on the top line and the second power-play unit against Vancouver. He's collected 15 goals and 22 points while averaging 16:53 of ice time through 46 games this season.

FEBRUARY 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Likely to play Thursday Saad (upper body) will probably return Thursday versus Vancouver, per Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic.

Impact Saad has 15 goals and 22 points in 46 contests this season. He missed St. Louis' last four games because of the injury. If he returns Thursday, Matthew Highmore, who played in the Blues' previous two games, might be a healthy scratch.

FEBRUARY 22, 2023 • ROTOWIRE