The St. Louis Blues will travel to Edmonton, Alberta to play the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place with the game scheduled to start at 8:30 PM ET on Wednesday night and will air on TNT, MAX, and Root Sports North.

The St. Louis Blues enter this game with a record of 30-26-2 and 62 points which puts them in 5^th place in the Central Division and a tie with the Minnesota Wild for 9^th place in the Western Conference while having lost four of their last five games and are on a two-game losing streak following Tuesday’s 2-4 loss on the road against the Winnipeg Jets. 

The Blues have been a below-average team offensively as they enter this game ranked 24^th in scoring in the NHL with an average of 2.93 goals per game while having the 9^th worst power-play success rate at 17.71%. Robert Thomas has been the best player on the team as he leads the team in assists and points with 47 assists and 66 points. 

Defensively, St. Louis has been a middle-of-the-pack team as they rank 15^th in goals allowed and 17^th in penalty-kill percentage with a 79.22% penalty-kill percentage while allowing an average of 3.12 goals per game. The St. Louis Blues will look to end their two-game losing streak when they travel to face the Edmonton Oilers.

The Edmonton Oilers enter this game in 3^rd place in the Pacific Division with a record of 34-20-2 and 70 points which also puts them in 6^th place in the Western Conference following Monday’s 4-2 win at home against the Los Angeles Kings. The success of the Oilers this season can be attributed to their offensive play as they enter this game averaging the 5^th most goals per game and have the 4^th best power-play success rate at 27.54% while averaging 3.59 goals per game. 

Connor McDavid has played a pivotal role in the success the Oilers have had this season and has been one of the best players in the NHL as he leads the league in assists with 70 and is 3^rd in points with 91. 

Defensively, the Oilers have been slightly above-average as they rank 15^th in penalty-kill percentage and are 12^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3 goals allowed per game and a penalty-kill percentage of 79.68%. The Edmonton Oilers will look to build off the momentum following the win at home against the Kings when they host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.

WagerWeb has the Edmonton Oilers listed as -267 moneyline favorites at home against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. St. Louis is 6-3-1 in the last ten while having won two of the previous three meetings. The Blues have won by an average margin of .6 goals per game over the last ten and .67 goals per game over the previous three games in the series.

Edmonton is the better team this season as they have the 6^th best record in the Western Conference while St. Louis is tied for the 9^th best, however, St. Louis has been the better team in the series, going 6-3-1 in the last ten and winning two of the previous three games. The Blues have won by an average margin of .6 goals per game over the last ten and .67 goals per game over the previous three games in the series. Take the puck line for the St. Louis Blues at +1.5 when they travel to face the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.