Carolina Hurricanes vs St. Louis Blues NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/13/2021

The St. Louis Blues and the Carolina Hurricanes meet in NHL action from the PNC Arena on Saturday night.

The St. Louis Blues will be looking to rebound from their 4-3 loss at the hands of Nashville in their last game. Jordan Kyrou leads the Blues with 14 points including a team-high 9 assists while Vladimir Tarasenko has 12 points with 5 goals and 7 assists. David Perron has 11 points with a team-high 6 goals and 5 assists with 5 power play points and 3 power play goals. Brayden Schenn also has a team-best +7 plus/minus rating as well this season. Jordan Binnington’s made the bulk of the starts in goal for St. Louis, going 6-2-2 with a 2.58 GAA and a .922 save percentage this season.

The Carolina Hurricanes will be looking to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Philadelphia last time out. Andrei Svechnikov leads the ‘Canes with 15 points including a team-high 7 goals and 8 assists while Sebastian Aho has 12 points with 7 assists and 5 goals and Tony DeAngelo and Vincent Trocheck each have 11 points with DeAngelo logging a team-high 9 assists and a team-best +10 plus/minus rating this season. Frederik Andersen’s seenthe majority of Carolina’s action in goal, going 9-2 with a 1.73 GAA and a .938 save percentage this season.

St. Louis is 5-2 in their last 7 road games and 2-5 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games as an underdog. Carolina is 10-1 in their last 11 games overall and 48-20 in their last 68 games as a favorite while the under is 20-8-2 in their last 30 home games.

I get the case that could be made both ways here, but I’m looking at the under. These are without question two talented teams from top to bottom, but both also play excellent defense and the goaltending’s been pretty good as well. I look for this game to stay under the number at the final horn.