New York Rangers (36-16-5) vs. St. Louis Blues (32-17-7)
March 10, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: St. Louis Blues -125 / New York Rangers +105; Over/Under: -5.5
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The New York Rangers and the St. Louis Blues meet in NHL action from the Enterprise Center on Thursday night.
The New York Rangers will try to rebound from a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild last time out. Artemi Panarin leads the Rangers in scoring with 62 points including 15 goals and 47 assists while Adam Fox is right behind with 55 points including a team-high 48 assists. Chris Kreider has 53 points with a team-high 38 goals and 18 power play goals while Mika Zibanejad also has 58 points with 22 goals and 36 assists. Igor Shesterkin’s seen the majority of New York’s action in goal, going 28-6-3 with a 1.93 GAA and a .942 save percentage this season, while Alexandar Georgiev has gone 7-9-2 with a 3.15 GAA and an .893 save percentage.
The St. Louis Blues will hope to snap a four-game losing skid after a 4-1 loss to Ottawa in their last game. Vladimir Tarasenko has 48 points with 19 goals and 29 assists while Jordan Kyrou has a team-high 53 points with 22 goals and 31 assists. Pavel Buchnevich has 46 points with 19 goals and 27 assists and Ivan Barbashev has 41 points, logging 17 goals. Robert Thomas leads the Blues with 34 assists as well this season. Jordan Binnington’s seen the bulk of St. Louis’ action in goal, going 13-12-3 with a 3.08 GAA and an .904 save percentage while Ville Husso is 13-4-3 with a 2.17 GAA and a .930 save percentage this season.
New York is 1-4 in their last 5 games as a road underdog and 3-8 in their last 11 Thursday games while the under is 12-4-1 in their last 17 games against the Western Conference. St. Louis is 16-5 in their last 21 home games and 0-4 in their last 4 games overall while the under is 5-1-1 in their last 7 games played on 1 day’s rest.
I get the allure of backing the Blues with a short price at home as the skid can’t go on forever. However, we’re getting a lot of value with a Rangers team that’s still one of the top teams in the NHL this season and while I like the Blues a lot, they’re slumping right now and I just think that taking a stab on the Rangers here is worth the risk. Give me New York in this one.
