The New Jersey Devils will travel to St. Louis, Missouri to face the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center with the puck dropping at 8:00 PM ET on Friday evening and the game airing on Bally Sports Midwest and the MSG Station.

New Jersey enters this game with a record of 6-2-1 following a 5-3 win on the road against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday evening. The Devils scored 5 goals with Jesper Bratt, Alexander Holtz, Michael McLeod, Timo Meier, and Dougie Hamilton scoring the five goals against the Wild. Jesper Bratt recorded three assists, Jack Hughes recorded two assists, while Nathan Bastian, Ondrej Palat, Tyler Toffoli, and Luke Hughes recorded an assist apiece in the matchup. Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves off of 25 shots on goal with a .880 save percentage while allowing 3 goals in the win against the Minnesota Wild. 

New Jersey is averaging 4.22 goals per game with a 44.7% power play success rate while allowing an average of 3.56 goals per game with a 73.5% penalty-kill percentage this season. Jack Hughes leads the team in points and assists with 18 points and 13 assists this season. Tyler Toffoli leads the team in goals with 7 goals on the year. Akira Schmid will be the starting goalie for the New Jersey Devils when they travel to face the St. Louis Blues on Friday evening. Schmid is 1-0-1 this season with a .863 save percentage and is allowing an average of 4.08 goals per game.

The St. Louis Blues enter this game with a record of 3-4-1 following a 1-4 loss on the road against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night. St. Louis scored 1 goal with Robert Thomas accounting for the goal against Colorado. Kasperi Kapanen and Nick Leddy recorded an assist apiece in the contest. Jordan Binnington had 24 saves off of 28 shots on goal with a .857 save percentage while allowing 4 goals in the loss against the Colorado Avalanche. 

The Blues are averaging 1.88 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.5 goals per game on the year. Robert Thomas leads the team in points and assists with 6 points and 4 assists on the year. Brandon Saad and Robert Thomas are tied for the team lead in goals with 2 goals apiece this season. Jordan Binnington will be the starting goalie for the St. Louis Blues when they host the New Jersey Devils on Friday evening. Binnington is 2-3-1 on the year with a save percentage of .916 and is allowing an average of 2.61 goals per game.

BookMaker has the New Jersey Devils listed as -163 moneyline favorites on the road against the St. Louis Blues on Friday evening. St. Louis is 7-2-1 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the last three games in the series while winning by an average margin of 1 goal per game over the last ten and 1 goal per game over the last three meetings.

New Jersey is the better team, however, St. Louis has dominated this series going 7-2-1 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the last three contests. The Devils are playing for the 2^nd night in a row and will have their backup goalie starting who has struggled this season with a .863 save percentage and is allowing an average of 4.08 goals per game while Jordan Binnington despite Wednesday’s disaster has been solid to start the season with a .916 save percentage and is allowing an average of 2.61 goals per game. As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the St. Louis Blues at +147 when they host the New Jersey Devils on Friday evening.