Tarasenko was excellent in 2021-22 with 34 goals and 82 points in 75 contests after he requested a trade out of St. Louis. A deal did not materialize, but rumors have started up again ahead of the final season of his eight-year, $60 million contract. 

That was his third multi-point game of the 2022 playoffs. He's up to six goals and nine points in 11 postseason contests.

Tarasenko's goal came on the power play at 18:36 of the second period. It put St. Louis up 4-0 to help demoralize the Wild further as Minnesota headed towards elimination. Tarasenko has five goals and six points in six playoff games this year.

Tarasenko was instrumental to the Blues comeback win over the Wild. The 30-year-old sniper woke up in the third period and kicked things off with an early goal just 63 seconds into the frame. Just under a minute and a half later he found the back of the net once more to put pull them ahead of the Wild by two goals (4-2). The cherry on top of it all was his empty-net goal for the natural hat-trick as the Blues took the pivotal Game 5 while on the road. He has four goals and an assist through five games this post-season