Goaltender Jordan Binnington suddenly dominating at the NHL level.

A surprising young talent has emerged at the National Hockey League level and although his performances come within a relatively small sample size, so dominant has he been that he is beginning to turn a lot of heads in and around the sport of hockey.

Up until the 2018 - 2019 National Hockey League regular season you had probably never heard of 25 year old goaltender Jordan Binnington and no one could reasonably blame you for your lack of knowledge. After all prior to this current season Binnington had appeared in just a single NHL game and it had not gone very well for him, and that is putting it mildly. Binnington's first appearance in the NHL made him look like a deer in the headlights when he recorded an abysmal 4.62 goals against average and a .750 save percentage but to his credit the young man would not let that performance define his career.

The Blues, who had drafted Binning in the 3rd round (88th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, would send Binnington back down to the American Hockey League after that performance and it was there that he would truly begin to shine. Binnington's past two seasons in the AHL were strong, a 28 game performance with the Providence Bruins saw him post a 2.05 goals against average and a .926 save percentage and that was followed by a 16 game season with the San Antonia Rampage where he would recording a 2.08 goals against average and a .927 save percentage.

It was not until he would be given another shot at the NHL however that Binnington's star would shine the brightest however. The Blues recently called up Binnington and with the current state of their season there was really nothing to lose in giving the young netminder another shot at the NHL level and boy is it ever paying off for the Blues in a big way. Binnington has been nothing short of excellent in his first 5 appearances for the Blues, recording a 1.45 goals against average and a .941 save percentage against the best players the world has to offer.

It seems unlikely that Binnington will be able to maintain his current form, especially on a team that has struggled so badly this season, but you can bet that there a lot of NHL general managers paying very close attention to what is happening in St. Louis.