The St. Louis Blues enter this game having lost three of their last five games which includes a 2-3 shootout loss at home against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday which also ended their two-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, the Detroit Red Wings enter this game having lost three of their last five games but are coming off a 3-2 shootout win on the road against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday which also snapped their three-game losing streak.
BookMaker has the Detroit Red Wings listed as -135 money line favorites at home against the St. Louis Blues and has set the total for the over/under plays at 6.5 goals. Which team will come away with the win in this matchup on Thursday? Let’s take a closer look at how these teams have played this year.
The St. Louis Blues enter this game with an overall record of 31-33-6 and 68 points which puts them in 6th place in the Central Division.
Offensively, St. Louis has scored a total of 217 goals this season for an average of 3.1 goals per game. The Blues have a power-play success rate of 20.3% which is the 13th-worst rate in the league.
Defensively, the Blues have allowed a total of 253 goals for an average of 3.61 goals per game this season. St. Louis has a penalty kill percentage of 76.4% which is the 12th-worst percentage in the NHL. The projected goalie for the Blues, Jordan Binnington, is 22-24-5 this season with a save percentage of .892 and is allowing an average of 3.39 goals per game.
The Detroit Red Wings enter this game with an overall record of 31-30-9 and 71 points which puts them in 7th place in the Atlantic Division.
Offensively, the Red Wings have scored a total of 203 goals for an average of 2.9 goals per game this season. Detroit has a power-play success rate of 20.9% which is the 13th-worst rate in the NHL.
Defensively, Detroit has allowed a total of 228 goals this season for an average of 3.26 goals per game. The Red Wings have a penalty kill percentage of 78.2% which ranks 19th in the league. The projected goalie for Detroit, Ville Husso, is 25-19-6 on the year with a .899 save percentage and is allowing an average of 3.02 goals per game.
St. Louis is 6-2-2 in the last ten games in the series and has won by an average score of 3.4 to 2.3 in those matchups. The Red Wings have won two of the last three games in the series, however, the Blues have outscored the Red Wings by an average of 3.33 to 3 in those contests.
The over is 5-4-1 in the last ten games in the series with the teams combining for an average of 5.7 goals per game in those contests. The total is 1-1-1 in the last three games in the series with the teams combining for an average of 6.33 goals per game in those matchups.
Detroit enters this game with a better record, however, St. Louis has been the better team overall in the last ten games in the series, going 6-2-2 in the last ten games. The Blues have outscored the Red Wings by an average of 1.1 goals per game over the last ten and .33 goals per game over the last three games in the series. As a result, I am taking the money line for the St. Louis Blues at +115 on BookMaker for this matchup on Thursday.
