St. Louis' David Backes continues hot playoff run with two goals
St. Louis Blues center David Backes scored twice in the Blues' 6-1 blowout of the Dallas Stars in Game 3, which gives St. Louis a 2-1 series lead.
What It Means:
The Blues' captain now has back-to-back games with two points and has been credited with the game-winner in both the wins. He has three game-winners in these playoffs alone. That is eight points in 10 games for Backes. Vladimir Tarasenko scored and added two assists, and Alex Steen added two goals in the blowout win.
Backes had 21 goals and 24 assists this regular season. He owned a 51.1 Corsi For Percentage and -1.9 Relative Corsi For Percentage at Even Strength, both of which were below his career average.
Source:
Rotoworld.com
