Avalanche vs Blues Series Odds, Preview & Picks

The Colorado Avalanche and St Louis Blues are going to meet in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Avs won the first round last season in four games. St. Louis is injury-riddled and the Av's are solid -400 favorites.

Colorado Avalanche are given an 80% implied probability in this series. Colorado has won both previous series with St Louis. The Avalanche have won eight of nine playoff games over the Blues. St. Louis is 0-5 straight up at Colorado in postseason action.

The Avalanche won two of three games from the Blues this season. St Louis posted its lone victory at Colorado. The Blues are 2-9 SU and 5-6 on the puckline in their last 11 visits to play the Avs at Ball Arena.

St Louis Blues lost three defensemen to injury during the series against the Wild. All but Torey Krug have since returned to action. Craig Berube played seven defense on game nights and used Colton Parayko heavily. Ryan O'Reilly and Brayden Schenn played well together. David Perron and Vladimir Tarasenko each scored five goals in six games against Minnesota. Jordan Binnington started three games in goal and went 3-0.

Darcy Kuemper will start in goal for the first game of the St Louis series. Cale Makar finished the playoffs with 10 points. Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen also had good seasons.

St Louis Blues are out of the first round of NHL playoffs. Colorado Avalanche are in the second round for the fourth successive season. The Avs are the -115 betting choice in Western Conference odds and the +220 chalk in Stanley Cup odds.