Anaheim Ducks vs St. Louis Blues NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 1/30/21
2021-01-30 21:00:00 EDT
The St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks meet Saturday in NHL action at the Honda Center.
The St. Louis Blues look for a win after splitting their last six games. The St. Louis Blues are averaging three goals per game and are scoring on 8.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Brayden Schenn leads St. Louis with four goals, Robert Thomas has four assists and Jordan Kyrou has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the St. Louis Blues are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 69.4 percent of their opponents power plays. Jordan Binnington has allowed 16 goals on 184 shots and Ville Husso has allowed nine goals on 48 shots.
The Anaheim Ducks look for a win after splitting their last six games. The Anaheim Ducks are averaging 1.8 goals per game and are scoring on 6.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Max Comtois leads Anaheim with three goals, Carter Rowney has four assists and Rickard Rakell has 24 shots on goal. Defensively, the Anaheim Ducks are allowing 2.1 goals per game and are killing 86.4 percent of their opponents power plays. John Gibson has given up 13 goals on 225 shots faced and Ryan Miller has given up three goals on 32 shots.
The Blues are 1-4 in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest and 9-4 in their last 13 road games. The Ducks are 7-3 in their last 10 Saturday games and 3-7 in their last 10 games as an underdog. The over is 5-1 in Blues last 6 overall. The under is 6-0-1 in Ducks last 7 overall. The Blues are 7-21-1 in the last 29 meetings in Anaheim and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
The St. Louis Blues haven’t had a ton of success over the years playing at the Honda Center, but they’re easily the better team in this spot. The Anaheim Ducks have a long history of folding in the underdog role and they’re going to have an even tougher time this season if the offense doesn’t pick up. This is a game where the Blues should have their way from start to finish, so I’ll lay the PL for added value.
