St. Louis Blues Spotlight: Jordan Kyrou

St. Louis Blues center Jordan Kyrou has continued to be the team leader when it comes to lighting the lamp. The 26 year old led the team with 37 goals during the 2022-23 season and last season was tops on the team with 31, edging out both Pavel Buchnevich and Jake Neighbours who each had 27 goals. 

This year, through 47 games, Kyrou is once again No. 1 on the team with 20 goals on the season, which is good for 18th overall in the NHL. Free agent signee Dylan Holloway is second behind Kyrou with 15 goals on the season. Others in double digits on the season include Jake Neighbours with 12, Pavel Buchnevich and Robert Thomas with 11 and Brayden Schenn and Colton Parayko who each have 10. 

Kyrou is also third on the team with 19 assists, thus leads the team in total points with 39. Whle that leads the team, it puts Kyrou just outside the top-50 in the NHL at 51st.Kyrou scored two goals in the Blues opening game win over Seattle, but didn't score a single goal the rest of the month. He again got off to a hot start in November when he scored in the Blues first three games of the month. He then registered two other goals for a total of five in the month. Continuing the trend, Kyrou's first game in December saw him score two goals in a 4-1 win over Winepeg.

Kyrou and Neighbours lead the team with five power play goals apiece. 

Kyrou was drafted by the Blues in the 2nd round of the 2016 draft, with the 35th overall pick. Kyrou recently picked up his 300th NHL point and he has scored 134 goals in his career. Durability has been a major factor for Kyrou as since the 2021-22 season, he has played in 282 out of a possible 293 regular season games, which is over 96%.

The Blues rewarded Kyrou for his play back in September 2022, when they signed him to an eight-year, $65 million extension.