Vladimir Tarasenko

Vladimir Tarasenko will have surgery on Tuesday to replace a damaged shoulder. He has been placed on long-term IR and will be reevaluated in five months. This comes after Tarasenko had already had shoulder surgery in April 2018, followed by knee surgery this off-season. (Source: ESPN)

Fantasy Impact: This is a devastating injury for all involved. Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He remains a very good player in longer-term leagues if you have the bench space.

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Vladimir Tarasenko will not travel with the team for the two games this weekend. He suffered an upper-body injury and will be reevaluated Sunday. (Source: ESPN)

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a very good fantasy option.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored a goal and two assists versus the Avalanche Monday. The first assist came on the power-play and the second on the eventual game-winner.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a very good fantasy option.

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Vladimir Tarasenko recorded an assist versus the Canadians Saturday. He has seven points in the first eight games of the season.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a very good fantasy option.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored a goal on Thursday versus the Canucks. He now has six points in the first seven games.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a very good fantasy option.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored a goal versus the Islanders Monday. The goal came on the power-play.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a solid second-round pick in many leagues.

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Vladimir Tarasenko recorded two assists Saturday versus Montreal. The second assist came on the power-play.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a solid second-round pick in many leagues.

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Vladimir Tarasenko recorded an assist versus the Maple Leafs Monday. The Blues would win 3-2.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a solid second-round pick in many leagues.

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Vladimir Tarasenko recorded an assist Saturday versus Dallas. St Louis would win 3-2.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a solid second-round pick in many leagues.

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Vladimir Tarasenko was a darling of the Stanley Cup title run as he came up with 11 goals and 17 points. He will be going into his eighth season possibly with more eyes on him than before due to it.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has reached at least 66 points in all five seasons he has played in at least 65 regular-season games. He is a solid second-round pick in many leagues.

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Vladimir Tarasenko sniped his 11th goal of the postseason 15:30 into the first period to help the Blues claim a 2-1 lead in Game 4.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has now scored a goal in four of his last five games played during the playoffs. He is in a groove right now during the most critical point of the playoffs for the Blues. If this type of play continues, it could spell trouble for the Bruins for the rest of this series.

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Vladimir Tarasenko helped put the Blues up 2-0 one minute into the second period of Game One. Unfortunately, the Blues would surrender four unanswered goals to fall to the Bruins Monday night.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has scored a goal in three straight games for the Blues. He will continue to provide his offensive talent in Game Two of the Stanley Cup Finals this Wednesday night in Boston. Additionally, Tarasenko currently has nine goals and five assists through 20 games played this postseason.

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Vladimir Tarasenko dished out a pair of assists on two of Jaden Schwartz's goals as well as scored a penalty shot goal, to secure a 5-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks Sunday.

Fantasy Impact: Prior to the start of the Western Conference Finals, Tarasenko was fairly quiet, as he only was able to compile five points through 12 games played. Since then, he has managed to produce a point in all five games against San Jose so far (two goals, and five assists). He is a major reason for St. Louis's recent success and will look to have another productive outing this Tuesday to close out the series in six games.

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Vladimir Tarasenko buried a goal 4:05 into the second period of Game Three to cut the deficit to 3-2 against San Jose. Unfortunately, St. Louis would lose in OT 5-4.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko scored just his sixth goal of playoffs in 16 games played. Teams have done a pretty good job keeping the high scoring Russian in check this post-season as he has only produced eight points in this span. He will look to try and create more separation against San Jose this Friday night to even up the series.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored a goal about five minutes into Game Three to put the Blues up 1-0. Unfortunately for St. Louis, the Stars would rally and go on to win 4-2 to tie up the series two games apiece.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has now scored five goals in 10 games played this post-season. He needs to contribute more on offense as he has not provided a single assist at all in the playoffs. Tarasenko will most likely be a main factor to the Blues success down the stretch if they are to win this series against Dallas.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals on two shots for the Blues in the team’s 3-2 win over Dallas on Thursday. He has four goals and no assists in seven games this postseason.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko provided the offense for the Blues in this one, scoring a power-play goal at the end of the second period and adding an unassisted goal early in the third. Though he has disappointed a bit in the recent past, failing to surpass 70 points in either of the past two years, the 27-year-old sniper still possesses 40-plus goal upside with a heavy shot, quick release, and willingness to take a hit. There is some risk associated with Tarasenko, as his upside seems baked into his draft price, at least over the past several seasons.

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Vladimir Tarasenko potted his first goal of the post-season on the power-play as the Blues would end up losing to the Jets 6-3 in Game Three Sunday.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has one goal in the first three games of the playoffs this year.

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Vladimir Tarasenko picked up an assist in a win over Tampa Bay.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko's up to 19 assists and 37 points on the season. He gets the Predators next.

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Tarasenko's power-play goal came in the third period as the Blues bested the Caps 4-1. He also helped Vince Dunn for the game winner in the second period.

Fantasy Impact: With seven points in his last six games, Tarasenko is looking better than he has for a while.

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Tarasenko's goals came in the first and third periods of the Blues 3-1 victory over the Stars.

Fantasy Impact: At only 27 points in 42 games (-14), and shooting at only 9%, Tarasenko season is not going well.

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Tarasenko was minus-9 during that stretch, according to Jeremy Rutherford on Twitter. He snuck a powerplay goal by the Edmonton netminder in the third period of Tuesday night’s game and he now leads the team in power play goals with six.

Fantasy Impact: The Schwartz-Schenn-Tarasenko line was on the ice for three of St. Louis’s four goals and the reuniting of this line could help Tarasenko out of his recent struggles. He has a total of nine power play points and could hold some good value heading into Vancouver, a team ranked third in penalty minutes per game at 10:04, according to NHL.com.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored a power-play-goal on four shots during Thursday night's 5-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko's goal came at the 3:11 mark of the second period and gave the Blues a 2-1 lead. The Russian native remains the Blues top scoring option and should find success against Minnesota Saturday night.

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Vladimir Tarasenko recorded an assist in the Blues 3-2 loss to the Ducks on Sunday. He was a plus one with three SOG.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko now has an assist in back-to-back nights. Assist are not the reason one would draft Tarasenko but they help none the less. He now has four points thru five games.

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Vladimir Tarasenko had an assist in the Blues 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks. He was a minus one with seven SOG.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko is going to score 40 plus goals. He is continuing to shoot and they will find the back of the net. Tarasenko is up to three points on the season.

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Vladimir Tarasenko was a minus three in the Blues 5-3 win over the Flames. He added seven SOG.

Fantasy Impact: It was an all around bad night for Tarasenko. This should not be the norm look for him to rebound on Saturday against the Blackhawks.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals in the Blues 5-4 overtime loss to the Blackhawks. He was a minus one with seven SOG.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko had a quiet night in the opener but now is on pace for a goal a game. He will look to be a top five scorer this season.

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Vladimir Tarasenko had a three-point night, posting a goal and two assists during the Blues' 3-1 win versus New Jersey. He also had seven shots on goal in 18:44 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: The goal was his eighth of the season and he has scored three of those goals in his last four games. In his last two games, Tarasenko has a total of 14 shots on net.

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Vladimir Tarasenko had an assist but finished the game with a minus-three rating during the Blues' 5-2 loss to Florida. He did have three shots on goal in 18:24 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a good start this season with five points (three goals and two assists) in five games.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals during the Blues' 3-2 shootout win versus the New York Islanders. Both goals came in the second period, one of which was a power-play goal. He recorded four shots on goal in 22:48 minutes including 8:50 coming on the power-play.

Fantasy Impact: He is off to a fast start this season scoring three goals and one assist in the first three games of the season. Tarasenko is a set-him and forget-him type of player, just keep him plugged in your lineups all year long as he will likely be a top-10 scoring candidate this season.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice including the overtime game-winning goal during the Blues 3-2 preseason win versus Columbus.

Fantasy Impact: Last season, Tarasenko posted 75 points (39 goals and 36 assists) in 82 games. At only 25 years old there is still room to grow in his offensive production. He has been very consistent posting at least 73 points in each of his last three seasons and with a Blues squad with high aspirations this season, he has the ability to top 80 points if he stays healthy.

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Tarasenko scored a goal and had six shots on goal during the Blues 3-1 win versus Arizona.

Fantasy Impact: The goal is his 36th of the season. In his last five games, Tarasenko has two goals and four assists with 22 shots on goal in that span.

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Tarasenko scored a goal and had two assists helping the Blues to a 4-1 win versus Arizona. He also had six shots on goal in 16:54 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: In his last five games, Tarasenko has one goal and four assists with 22 shots on goal in that span. The goal was his 35th of the season.

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Tarasenko had an assist and two shots on goal during the Blues 4-2 win versus Colorado. He played 20:42 minutes in the win.

Fantasy Impact: He has two goals and an assist in his last three games with 16 shots on goal in that span. This season in 72 games, Tarasenko has 34 goals and 30 assists with a minus-five rating.

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Tarasenko scored two goals, one of which came on the power-play during the Blues 4-1 win versus San Jose. He had a very active game with eight shots on goal in 16:46 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: In his last five games, Tarasenko has five goals and one assist with 23 shots on goal in that span. He now has 34 goals this season in 70 games.

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Tarasenko scored a key goal at 11:03 of the third period that proved to be the winning goal in the Blues 2-1 win versus Minnesota. He also had four shots on goal in 18:33 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: The goal was the 29th of the season for Tarasenko and he also has 29 assists and a minus-10 rating in 65 games. It was his first goal in five games.

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Tarasenko scored a goal and had three shots in the Blues 3-2 loss to Buffalo.

Fantasy Impact: He now has goals in back-to-back games and has three goals in his last five games. Tarasenko has 28 goals this season with 28 assists in 59 games played.

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Tarasenko scored just 20 seconds into overtime in the Blues 2-1 win versus Toronto. He also had three shots and two blocks in 19:49 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: The goal was his 26th of the season and Tarasenko has four goals in his last five games.

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Tarasenko had two goals in the Blues 6-0 shutout win versus Ottawa. He also had four shots on goal and finished with a plus-three rating.

Fantasy Impact: The goals give him five in his last six games and he now has 23 this season.

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Tarasenko scored a goal and had an assist in the Blues 5-3 loss to Winnipeg. He was very active firing six shots on net in 18:50 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: He now has two goals in his last two games and a total of four points in his last four games. The six shots on net were the most he has had since Jan 9, when he had nine shots against Chicago.

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Tarasenko had an assist and was a minus-one in the Blues 5-3 loss to Winnipeg.

Fantasy Impact: In his last five games, he has three assists with no goals and 11 shots on net in that span. Tarasenko has gone seven games since his last goal.

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Tarasenko scored a power-play goal in the Blues 4-2 loss to Carolina. He finished the game with a minus-one rating and two shots on 17:42 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: He now has three goals in his last two games. In 39 games played he has 19 goals and 23 assists this season.

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Tarasenko recorded an assist on the power play during the first goal of the game for the Blues.

Fantasy Impact: He is an elite option that should be owned in all leagues for which he is eligible.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 10th goal of the season in Monday's 4-3 win over the Stars. He finished with a +1 rating and six shots on goal.

Fantasy Impact: It was a great game for Tarasenko, who is averaging a point per game (23 in 23) on the season. He continues to be one of the most consistent players in the NHL.

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Tarasenko had three shots on goal in 17:05 minutes in the Blues 5-0 loss to the New York Rangers.

Fantasy Impact: He has now gone six games without a goal but does have three assists in that span. For the season he has four goals and five assists in 10 games with a minus-one rating.

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Tarasenko had two goals and an assist with five shots on goal in the Blues 5-2 win versus Chicago on opening night.

Fantasy Impact: One of his goals was an own-goal on Chicago at the end of the game, but Tarasenko was active all night against one of his favorite teams to play against. In the last two seasons including playoffs he has scored 10 goals against the Blackhawks.

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Tarasenko scored two third period goals as the Blues tried to overcome a 4-0 deficit. They did not complete the comeback and are eliminated.

Fantasy Impact: His season is over so no more DFS relevance the next few weeks. His outlook for next season does seem to be fairly high based on his talent.

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Tarasenko scored a goal during the onslaught that lead to the 6-1 victory in Game 7.

Fantasy Impact: He is an elite scorer so while others have more points, this sniper could go off at any time so he is always a consideration.

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Tarasenko scored a goal on two shots and added an assist with a rating of 0.

Fantasy Impact: He is a scoring machine, as the victims of his 74 points and then the Chicago Blackhawks can attest. He will cost your salary cap but he certainly talented enough to be a threat.

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Tarasenko scored a goal on eight shots and two assists with a rating of +1.

Fantasy Impact: He scored 74 points during the regular season, he now has nine points in the postseason. He was top-10 in our ECR and is certainly a top-10 option while the Blues are in the playoffs.

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Vladimir Tarasenko nothced his 26th assist of the season, grabbing the secondary on a 3rd period David Backes goal.

Fantasy Impact: It was Tarasenko's just second point in the last 6 games. Still a threat to score every night, he remains a top fantasy asset even through his mini slump.

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Vladimir Tarasenko notched a goal and two assists in Monday night's 6-3 loss to the Sharks. He now has 29 goals and 25 assists on the year.

Fantasy Impact: A big night from Tarasenko, who now has five points in his last two games. Expect him to continue his hot play as he and Jaden Schwartz get back on the same page.

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Tarasenko scored a goal and had an assist in the Blues 6-4 win against Arizona. He also had four shots on goal in just under 23 minutes of ice time.

Fantasy Impact: He now has 28 goals and 23 assists this season. The points were his first in four games as the Blues were able to find some offense against Arizona.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 25th goal of the season Monday to go along with his plus-two rating and four shots on goal.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko continues to produce for fantasy owners. He's one point shy on a point per game average on the season. He's a solid option in all formats.

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Tarasenko had a goal and an assist in the Blues 4-3 overtime loss to Colorado.

Fantasy Impact: He now has 24 goals and 19 assists in 41 games played this season. In his last five games, he has two goals and two assists but is a minus-four in that span.

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Vladimir Tarasenko had a power-play goal and an assist in Saturday night's 3-1 win over the Blue Jackets.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko has been simply outstanding so far this season, with 24 points (14 goals) in 23 game and an exceptional 87 shots on goal.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored two points, one goal and one assist, for the second straight game. He now has five points over his last three games.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko continues to be red-hot this season. He's now up to 18 points in 17 games, and continues to be a solid fantasy producer.

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The Blue lost 6-3 on Thursday night, but Vladimir Tarasenko scored his eighth goal of the season, unassisted.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko is good. Even in throwaway games like Thursday's, he can still provide positive value with a goal and four shots - and only a minus-1.

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Vladimir Tarasenko scored a goal and added an assist in Tuesday's win over the Blackhawks.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko had been quiet of late following his red-hot start, but he now has three points in his last three games.

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Vladimir Tarasenko will sit out Saturday's game versus the Minnesota Wild after sustaining a leg injury Thursday versus the Ducks.

Fantasy Impact: Tough news for the Blues and Tarasenko's fantasy owners. Consider the Blues' leading goal scorer day-to-day.

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Vlad Tarasenko scored his sixth goal on Thursday night, his tenth point of the season.

Fantasy Impact: Much of Tarasenko's prowess is derived from his incessant shots on goal - he now has 46 on the young season and is a plus-4 already.

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Vladimir Tarasenko had two assists in last nights 4-3 win over the Canucks.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko is picking up where he left of in a stellar 14-15 season. He now has seven points (three goals and four assists) through the first four games.

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St. Louis Blues RW Vladimir Tarasenko added the first of three goals for his team as they defeated Edmonton 3-1 in Thursday's season opener. His first goal of the season came in the second period.

Fantasy Impact: Tarasenko recorded 17:04 TOI which included 3:40 on the man advantage. After adding career-highs in goals (37) and assists (36) a year ago, Tarasenko is going to be one of the top Blues offensive weapons night in and night out. Keep him in your lineups.

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