Brayden Schenn clocks JT Miller in faceoff fight, takes Miller out of the game

Early on in the 1st period of tonight's game between the St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks and hockey fans already have plenty of action.

First up, Canucks captain Quinn Hughes helped put his team up 1-0 early in the game with a beautiful cross-ice pass to Conor Garland to open the scoring.

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And on the very next face-off, Blues captain Brayden Schenn knocked Canucks forward JT Miller out of the game, at least momentarily, with a one punch directly on the button!

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Miller left the game presumably to be checked out by medical staff, but has since returned to the penalty box.

Read below for our earlier Blues report on the team's trading of Scott Perunovich, published by Hockey Feed staff writer Jonathan Larrivee.

The New York Islanders are desperately trying to shore up their blue line it would seem.

After already adding controversial defenseman Tony DeAngelo to their roster over the weekend, the Islanders have now made yet another move to add yet another defenseman to their roster.

In an official announcement, the Islanders have confirmed that they have acquired 26 year old defenseman Scott Perunovich from the St. Louis Blues in a trade on Monday afternoon. In exchange the Blues will receive a conditional 5th round draft selection at next year's draft, the 2026 National Hockey League Entry Draft.

Perunovich, a former second round pick (45th overall) from the Blues at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, has appeared in 24 games for the Blues this season scoring 2 goals and adding 4 assists for a total of 6 points. Perunovich also has 6 penalty minutes on the season and currently boasts a plus minus rating of +1

Since being drafted by the Blues he has appeared in a total of 97 regular season games, scoring 2 goals and addding 27 assists for a total of 29 points, as well as 7 playoff games over which he has a very respectable 4 points, all of which are assists.

It seems extremely likely that this move is a direct response to the injury suffered by Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock over the weekend, an injury the Islanders confirmed earlier today when they placed Pulock on injured reserve. The fact that the Islanders went out and made a trade so quickly probably doesn't bode well for the severity of Pulock's injury.

Stay tuned for additional details.