St. Louis Blues (3-2) vs. Nashville Predators (2-4-1)
October 27, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Nashville Predators -137 / St. Louis Blues +111; Over/Under: +6
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The St. Louis Blues and Nashville Predators meet Thursday in NHL action at the Bridgestone Arena. The St. Louis Blues look to rebound from back-to-back losses. The Nashville Predators look to snap a 5-game losing streak.
The St. Louis Blues are averaging 2.75 goals per game and are scoring on 22.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Justin Faulk leads St. Louis with 3 goals, Vladimir Tarasenko has 4 assists, and Jordan Kyrou has 14 shots on goal. Defensively, the St. Louis Blues are allowing 2.25 goals per game and are killing 100 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jordan Binnington has allowed 5 goals on 83 shots faced, and Thomas Greiss has given up 3 goals on 42 shots.
The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.29 goals per game and are scoring on 6.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Nino Niederreiter leads Nashville with 4 goals, Mikael Granlund has 6 assists and Roman Josi has 31 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 3.29 goals per game and are killing 85.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 15 goals on 141 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 6 goals on 74 shots.
The Blues are 4-0 in their last 4 games playing on 0 days rest and 21-10 in their last 31 overall. The Predators are 1-7 in their last 8 home games and 3-13 in their last 16 overall. The over is 15-6-1 in Blues last 22 road games. The over is 20-5-1 in Predators last 26 vs. Central. The Blues are 3-11 in the last 14 meetings in Nashville. The favorite is 32-14 in the last 46 meetings. The home team is 25-12 in the last 37 meetings.
The Nashville Predators are going to get the benefit of the doubt at home where they’re usually solid, and they have the rest advantage here. The St. Louis Blues are coming off a game last night, and their offense has been absolutely dead their last two games. With that said, I’m not laying juice with a Predators team that’s riding a 5-game losing streak. Give me the Blues and the plus money as more of a fade from the Preds than anything else.
