The St. Louis Blues and the San Jose Sharks meet in NHL action from the SAP Center on Thursday night.
The St. Louis Blues come into this game on the second leg of a back-to-back after a battle with the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. Heading into Wednesday’s matchup, David Perron leads the Blues with 9 points including a team-high 6 goals, 5 power play points and 3 power play goals while Jordan Kyrou and Vladimir Tarasenko each have 9 points as well with Kyrou adding a team-high 7 assists and Tarasenko chipping in 4 goals and 5 helpers. Ivan Barbashev also has a team-best +7 plus/minus rating as well this season. Jordan Binnington has made the bulk of the starts in goal for St. Louis, going 5-1 with a 2.52 GAA and a .926 save percentage this season.
The San Jose Sharks will be looking to build on a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres in their last game. Timo Meier leads the Sharks with 11 points including 5 goals and 6 assists while Logan Couture has 9 points with 6 assists of his own and a team-best +8 plus/minus rating this season. Tomas Hertl has 7 points with 5 goals of his own while Erik Karlsson and Jonathan Dahlen each have 6 points with Dahlen logging 4 goals while Karlsson has 4 assists to lead the Sharks in power play points. Adin Hill and James Reimer have split the workload in goal for the Sharks, with Hill going 3-2 with a 2.95 GAA and an .893 save percentage while Reimer is 3-1 with a 1.54 GAA and a .950 save percentage this season.
St. Louis is 6-0 in their last 6 games as a favorite and 5-2 in their last 7 games against the Pacific division while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 Thursday games. San Jose is 1-4 in their last 5 Thursday games and 5-11 in their last 16 games played on one day’s rest while the over is 10-2-1 in their last 13 games as a home underdog.
This should be interesting with the Blues on the back-to-back, but I think we’re in for a battle here. The Blues had a wildly competitive game against the Kings on Wednesday and may have some tired legs here while both teams have solid goaltending so I expect nothing to some easy. Give me the under here.