page_title: David Perron
section_title: Third stint in St. Louis
hierarchical_section_title: David Perron / Playing career / Professional / Third stint in St. Louis
caption_attribution_description: English: Perron with fans at the 2019 Stanley Cup parade
context_page_description: David Perron is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.
  Growing up in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Perron played youth hockey for the Lewiston Maineiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League where he led them to the 2006 President's Cup. As a result of his play, Perron was drafted in the first round, 26th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He began his professional career with the Blues organization before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers in 2013. His short stint in Edmonton was met with a myriad of injuries which also prohibited him from participating in the 2014 IIHF World Championship. After two years with the Oilers, Perron was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks before returning to St. Louis in 2016. He was left unprotected by the team for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft and was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights for their inaugural season. Perron had a career-high season with the Golden Knights and returned to St. Louis for the third time where he won the Stanley Cup in 2019.
context_section_description: For the third time in his career, Perron returned to the St. Louis Blues for another season. Coach Mike Yeo spoke highly of Perron pending his return to the city by saying "bottom line is he's here because he's a good NHL player...the track record is there. He did it with us two years ago. He did it last year in Vegas, and I think it makes us stronger from top to bottom." At the beginning of the season, Perron recorded his fourth career hat trick during a 5–3 win over the Calgary Flames. On January 31, 2019, Perron suffered an upper-body injury and was placed on the teams long term Injured reserve list. Due to his injury, the Blues recalled Jordan Kyrou as his replacement until he was activated off injured reserve on March 16, 2019. After recording 46 points in 57 regular-season games, Perron helped the Blues advance in the standings and qualify for the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs where they beat the Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars, San Jose Sharks to advance to the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals. 
   When the Stanley Cup Final series with the Boston Bruins was tied 2–2, Perron recorded the game winning goal in Game 5 as the result of a missed tripping penalty. When asked of the missed call after the game, NHL's director of officiating Stephen Walkom said "we don't make comments on judgment calls within games. There are hundreds of judgment calls in every game. The official on the play, he viewed it and he didn't view it as a penalty at the time. The Blues would go on to win the series in seven games following a 4–1 win. Upon winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in his career, Perron brought it to his hometown of Sherbrooke.
  During the shortened 2019–20 season, Perron recorded his fifth career hat trick during a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Due to his successful start to the season, Perron was listed as a “Last Man standing” option at the 2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game, allowing fans to vote him into the competition. At the time of voting, Perron had recorded 18 goals and 44 points, on  track to best his career high of goals. In an effort to encourage fans to vote, Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington said in an interview, "he’s playing some of the best hockey I’ve ever seen him play. He’s working well with the boys, the boys love him, and it would be great to have him here that week." On January 11, 2020, Perron was voted into the All-Star Game along with Toronto's Mitch Marner, Vancouver's Quinn Hughes, and Washington's T. J. Oshie. He competed in the NHL Shooting Stars challenge where he ended with a four way tie for fifth place. He returned to the Blues lineup following the break before it was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time the league paused play, Perron placed only behind Ryan O'Reilly in team points and led the league in overtime goals.
caption: Perron during the 2019 Stanley Cup parade
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