NHL Predictions & Odds 2/25/23

Pittsburgh Penguins (27-21-9) vs. St. Louis Blues (26-28-4)
February 25, 2023 3:30 pm EDT
The Line: St. Louis Blues +130 / Pittsburgh Penguins -150; Over/Under: +6
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The Pittsburgh Penguins and the St. Louis Blues meet in NHL action from the Enterprise Center on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Pittsburgh is a -150 road favorite while St. Louis is a +130 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.

Injuries

For the Penguins, Ryan Poehling and Mark Friedman are both out indefinitely with upper body injuries while Jan Rutta is out with an upper body injury as well. For St. Louis, Torey Krug is probable after dealing with a lower body injury and Jake Neighbours is out indefinitely with an upper body injury.

Matchup History

Pittsburgh’s 6-2 win over the Blues back on December 3, 2022, made it four straight wins for Pittsburgh in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Pittsburgh is 0-4 in their last 4 games overall and 0-4 in their last 4 games when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall. St. Louis is 0-4 in their last 4 games overall and 1-7 in their last 8 Saturday games while the under is 6-1-4 in their last 11 games played on 1 day’s rest.

Pick

I’m backing Pittsburgh here. The Blues are back in one of those slumps, and I’ve learned with the Blues, you ride the slump or hot streak until the Blues start to head the other way as those results come in multiples and I don’t see it changing here. Give me the Penguins on the road here.