David Perron, Blues’ proven playoff performer

The Wraparound is your daily look at the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. We’ll break down the NHL playoff games today with the all-important television information.

• Catch up with all of Monday’s Stanley Cup playoff action with the NHL Rink Wrap right here.

• In a move out of left field even for Lou Lamoriello, the Islanders fired Barry Trotz. Yes, seriously.

• Pierre McGuire’s short, strange Senators tenure ended as well on Monday.

• Cale Makar, Roman Josi, and Victor Hedman are the finalists for the 2021-22 NHL Norris Trophy. That’s all you’ll see of Josi, however, as Makar’s Avalanche completed a sweep of Josi’s Predators.

Look at the top 10 playoff scorers so far, and you’ll see rising supernova Cale Makar leading the way with 10 points. Two established superstars (Brad Marchand and Sidney Crosby) are right behind him with nine apiece. Then you get to David Perron at fourth place with 7 points in four games.

Let’s hammer this point home for a moment. Perron’s seven points leaves him a point or more ahead of Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, Kirill Kaprizov, Victor Hedman, and teammate Ryan O’Reilly (all at six).

While Perron isn’t among the absolute elite in every way, he’s been an incredible playoff producer for the Blues. We’re long beyond the point where we can dismiss David Perron, playoff point producer, as a lucky producer who will flame out at any second.

Perron and the Blues hope to carry over those scoring ways over to Game 5 against the Wild.

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Now, look, it’s fair to expect some cool-off from David Perron. With five goals, he’s tied for the NHL playoff lead, but that’s via a lofty 26.3 shooting percentage. Although Perron tends to pick his shots, he’s almost certain to sink closer to his already-fairly-high career shooting percentage of 13%.

So, sure, it’s going to be tough to maintain that pace for long. This latest…