St. Louis Blues goaltender Joel Hofer, back, celebrates with center Brayden Schenn (10) and defenseman Nick Leddy (4) after an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Thursday, Feb. 27,
St. Louis scored a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on a historic night in the NHL for Blues Captain Brayden Schenn.
Blues coach Jim Montgomery speaks with the media on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, after a Blues win at Washington. (Video courtesy St. Louis Blues)
Brayden Schenn is set to play his 1,000th regular-season NHL game when he and the St. Louis Blues visit the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
They're the eighth set of brothers to each play 1,000 games, joining the Courtnalls (Geoff and Russ), the Hatchers (Derian and Kevin), the Koivus (Mikko and Saku), the Niedermayers (Scott and Rob), the Sedins (Daniel and Henrik), the Staals (Eric, Jordan and Marc) and the Sutters (Brent and Ron).
The Blues won 35 of 53 face-offs in the game, or a whopping 66 percent, led by Radek Faksa (eight of 11, 73 percent), Schenn (seven of 10, 70 percent), Thomas (13 of 21, 62 percent) and Oskar Sundqvist (six of 10, 60 percent). Nathan Walker also won a draw.