A team with one of the worst records in the league will face a team still fighting for a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when the Chicago Blackhawks travel to St. Louis, Missouri, to face the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center. The game will start at 8:00 PM ET on Wednesday night and air on Bally Sports Midwest and NBC Sports Chicago.

The Blackhawks have the odds-on favorite for the Calder Memorial Trophy in Connor Bedard. He has more than lived up to his expectations entering the season, leading the team in goals, assists, and points with 22 goals, 37 assists, and 59 points. 

However, as a whole, the Chicago Blackhawks have a long way to go before they are playoff contenders as they will finish with one of the worst records in the NHL this season as they enter this game with a record of 23-49-5 and 51 points, which puts them in last place in the Central Division and gives them the 2^nd worst record in the league. Chicago has been playing better as of late as they enter this game, having won four of their last seven games, including wins of the Philadelphia Flyers by a score of 5-1 and the Dallas Stars by a score of 3-2, both of which are playoff caliber teams this season. 

This will be the 4^th and final matchup in the regular season series, and Chicago will be looking to split the 2023-24 series 2-2 with a win when they travel to face the St. Louis Blues.

The St. Louis Blues will likely need to win out if they have any chance of making the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They enter this game with only four games left to play this season and trail the Vegas Golden Knights by six points for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference.  

They have a tough remaining schedule. They will have to play the Dallas Stars, who have the best record in the Western Conference, and the Carolina Hurricanes, who have the third-best record in the Eastern Conference. 

St. Louis has won two of the three previous games in the regular season series against Chicago, winning by an average margin of .67 goals per game in those meetings. The St. Louis Blues will go for the regular season series win 3-1 when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. 

BetNow has the St. Louis Blues listed as -250 moneyline favorites at home against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. St. Louis has won two of the three meetings this season and has won by an average margin of .67 goals per game in those contests while having won seven of the last ten games in the series and by an average margin of 1.4 goals per game in those matchups.

Despite having won seven of the last ten and two of the previous three meetings, the St. Louis Blues have only won by an average margin of 1.4 goals per game in the last ten and .67 goals per game in the meetings this season. Take the puck line for the Chicago Blackhawks at +1.5 when they travel to face the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.