Blues vs Golden Knights Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/12/23

The Vegas Golden Knights and St. Louis Blues meet Sunday in NHL action at the Enterprise Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 20.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Jack Eichel leads Vegas with 23 goals, Chandler Stephenson has 38 assists and Jonathan Marchessault has 191 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vegas Golden Knights are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 79.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Logan Thompson has given up 94 goals on 1,093 shots faced, and Adin Hill has allowed 62 goals on 728 shots.

The St. Louis Blues are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 19.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Jordan Kyrou leads St. Louis with 26 goals, Robert Thomas has 38 assists, and Justin Faulk has 160 shots on goal. Defensively, the St. Louis Blues are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 76.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jordan Binnington has allowed 158 goals on 1,477 shots faced, and Thomas Greiss has given up 55 goals on 540 shots.

The Golden Knights are 3-7 in their last 10 road games and 4-1 in their last 5 overall. The Blues are 6-2 in their last 8 games playing on 0 days rest and 2-8 in their last 10 overall. The under is 11-2-1 in Golden Knights last 14 road games. The over is 3-1-1 in Blues last 5 overall. The Golden Knights are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in St. Louis and 11-5 in the last 16 meetings. The favorite is 16-6 in the last 22 meetings.

The Vegas Golden Knights are the better, more consistent team and should be favored, but they’ve also had issues winning on the road and being on the end of a back to back doesn’t help them here. Say what you want about the Blues and their issues, at least they’re at home, and we’re getting over 1.5 times our money. I’ll take a shot with the home dog.