St. Louis Blues vs Nashville Predators 1/17/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues meet Monday in NHL action at the Enterprise Center. The Nashville Predators look for a win after winning five of their last seven games. The St. Louis Blues look for a win after winning seven of their last 10 games.

The Nashville Predators are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 27 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 18 goals, Mikael Granlund has 28 assists and Roman Josi has 140 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 81.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 74 goals on 1,001 shots faced, and David Rittich has allowed 17 goals on 146 shots.

The St. Louis Blues are averaging 3.4 goals per game and are scoring on 29.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Vladimir Tarasenko leads St. Louis with 14 goals, Jordan Kyrou has 25 assists and Vladimir Tarasenko has 118 shots on goal. Defensively, the St. Louis Blues are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 83.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jordan Binnington has allowed 67 goals on 716 shots faced, and Ville Husso has give up 19 goals on 292 shots.

The Predators are 8-3 in their last 11 road games and 12-4 in their last 16 overall. The Blues are 12-2 in their last 14 home games and 10-4 in their last 14 overall. The over is 4-1 in Predators last 5 overall. The under is 8-3-1 in Blues last 12 overall. The home team is 24-10 in the last 34 meetings.

The St. Louis Blues should be favored at home for obvious reasons, but getting plus money with the Predators has value. Not only are the Nashville Predators one of the hotter teams in the league and have done some of their best work on the road, but they’ve won five straight meetings against the Blues. The Blues haven’t beaten the Preds since February 2019. I’ll take the plus money.