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Tampa Bay Lightning at St. Louis Blues: GAME #41 Time: 8:00 pm Eastern Time Location: Enterprise Center Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, BSMW, ESPN+, HULU DraftKings NHL Odds: Lightning -1.5 O/U 6.5 In an 82-game season it's hard to say any game is more important than any other, nor is any stretch of games more important. After all, a win in October is…

In a number of ways, the unpredictable, yo-yo Blues are doing the exact opposite of what we expect them to do. They're winning games at a rate that puts them only two points out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. As of Monday morning FiveThirtyEight.com gave St. Louis a 43 percent probability of making the playoffs. The Note…

The Calgary Flames will travel south to face the St. Louis Blues for the second time this season. The Blues crushed the Flames 5-2 in their first matchup this season. The Flames are in the first Wild Card spot with 46 points but could fall out of the Playoff picture with a loss in regulation and an Oilers and Predators victory. Conversely, the…

The St. Louis Blues were unable to keep their two-game winning streak marching forward as they fell 5-4 to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. The defeat came down to the wire but the Blues just weren't able to come out on top. It was a similar situation for the Minnesota Wild, who had won two straight before losing a high-scoring overtime game…

The St. Louis Blues will travel to St. Paul to battle the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday night. It's time to continue our NHL odds series with a Blues-Wild prediction and pick. On Saturday, the Blues lost 5-4 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens. Significantly, Nikita Alexandrov had a goal and an assist. Brandon Saad, Pavel…

The St. Louis Blues will travel to the "Garden State" to face off with the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on Thursday. It's time to continue our NHL odds series as we make a Blues-Devils prediction and pick. On Tuesday, the Blues won a wild 6-5 shootout victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Brandon Saad led the way with two goals while…

The NHL is gifting us an eight-game slate filled with a lot of good opponents and the potential for high-scoring affairs on Tuesday night. Minnesota, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, and Buffalo are just a few of the current teams on four or five-game winning streaks, while powerhouses like Boston, New Jersey, and Dallas sit atop their respective divisions.…

With frigid temperatures descending upon Target Field on Saturday night, we fully expect this edition of the Winter Classic to be a low-scoring, defensive showdown between St. Louis and Minnesota with the Blues coming out on top in our NHL betting picks. The St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild will face off in the outdoor environment of Target Field…

Anaheim Ducks vs St Louis Blues 11/21/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Anaheim Ducks will go against the St. Louis Blues in NHL action in Enterprise Center, MO, on Monday, November 21, 2022, at 8:00 PM ET. The Ducks' attack is suffering, averaging just 2.61 goals per game, and they are having a terrible season. The top two lines, Troy Terry,…

Be sure to check out NHL betting site Betway for the latest Flames game day odds! The Calgary Flames hosted the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. It was a "scheduled win," in that the Blues had played on Thursday in Edmonton and the Flames were a rested team. But the Blues played a really smart road game, defending the front of their net and playing…

Sunday will feature an expected one-sided NHL outing between the road favorite St. Louis Blues (47-20-11, -251 on the moneyline to win) and the Anaheim Ducks (30-34-14, +204 moneyline odds) at 8:30 PM ET. In the 53 times this season the Blues have been favored on the moneyline, they have finished 35-18 in those games. When it has played with…

SUNRISE - With the Florida Panthers playing host to the St. Louis Blues around lunchtime on Saturday afternoon, Andrew Brunette certainly would like to see his team get off to a good start. The Panthers have had a couple of fantastic finishes in their past two wins. Their starts? Meh. Saturday's game time is set for 1 p.m. and Brunette, who played…

Winnipeg Jets vs St Louis Blues 12/8/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The match between the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues will be held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 8:00 PM (EDT). The Jets are in first place in the Central Division with a record of 16-7-1. The team is entering this match…

St Louis Blues vs New York Islanders 12/6/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The St. Louis Blues will play against the New York Islanders at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 7:30 PM (EDT). The Blues are in sixth place in the Central Division with a record of 11-14-0. The team is entering this match with four straight…

St Louis Blues vs New York Rangers 12/5/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The St. Louis Blues will invade Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers in Monday's edition of NHL action. St. Louis is 11-13-0 on 22 points and dropped to sixth place in the Central Division with a 6-7-0 road record on the season. The struggling Blues lost three…

The Monday night matchup in the Big Apple features two teams in dire need of some positive results. Since Nov. 23, the Blues have the worst record in the NHL (1-5-0) and the Rangers are 1-4-1. Neither would be the playoffs if they started today. It doesn't help that St. Louis forward Jordan Kyrou is questionable while defensemen Scott Perunovich…

Both the Blues and Rangers are in a tailspin, so something's got to give tonight. Despite a fantastic - on paper - goalie matchup, our betting picks question St. Louis' flimsy blue line and New York's overall sloppy play of late. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The New York Rangers' struggles continue as they have had two horrible back-to-back losses…

Carolina Hurricanes (12-6-5) visit the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on Thursday to take on the St. Louis Blues (11-11-0) in a battle between two surging teams. St. Louis is 7-3 in its last ten games, while the Hurricanes have won back-to-back games. The Hurricanes vs Blues picks is one of 11 NHL games on the NHL schedule Thursday…

There are 11 games on the NHL schedule Thursday, including somepotential mismatches as five games feature favorites listed shorter than -200. Read on as we offer up our best bets and NHL picks based on the top odds. There are some competitive NHL matchups on Thursday,including the Vegas Golden Knights at the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina…

Carolina Hurricanes vs St Louis Blues 12/1/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Carolina Hurricanes will meet with the St. Louis Blues in NHL action in Enterprise Center, MO, on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 8:00 PM ET. The Hurricanes are enjoying a strong season, but they still need to increase their offense as they only score 2.70 goals per…

Prediction for the NHL St. Louis Blues vs Carolina Hurricanes match, which will take place on December 2. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options. Claim Your Welcome Bonus! The Blues have alternated bad stretches with successful ones in the first part of the championship. Now the team is on a black streak. In the previous game,…

Easily the most polarizing series in the Western Conference, both St. Louis and Minnesota have plenty of people making arguments for them to win this series and perhaps upset the apple cart against the Avalanche in Round 2. And both sides of the debate have plenty of merit. At first glance, there really isn't much that separates these two teams.…

The St. Louis Blues have another opportunity to stave off elimination in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs when they host the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 on Friday. Craig Berube's team rallied out of a 3-0 hole in Game 5 to emerge victorious in a 5-4 overtime win at Pepsi Center. The Avs won't go down quietly, however, showing earlier in this series…

Dallas Stars vs St Louis Blues 11/28/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Dallas Stars will go against the St. Louis Blues in NHL action in Enterprise Center, MO, on Monday, November 28, 2022, at 8:00 PM ET. The Stars' attack, which averages 3.82 goals per game, was excellent this year. The top two lines' 28 goals and 44 assists came from Roope…

The Dallas Stars and the St. Louis Blues are on a collision path this Monday night. The Stars are coming to St. Louis looking to stop the bleeding after a couple of losses, while the Blues are eyeing to erect another win streak. Will the Stars get back to their winning ways? Or will the Blues add another loss to Dallas' record? With all that being…

The Colorado Avalanches will try and eliminate the St. Louis Blues as the teams square off in Game 6 of the second-round series. It's time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Blues prediction and pick. It was a wild game in Denver as the Blues rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Avalanche 5-4 in overtime to send the series back…

The Vancouver Canucks captain is in the final year of a six-year contract worth $5.5 million per year. Two of the top players on the Vancouver Canucks, J.T. Miller and Bo Horvat, entered the 2022 offseason with just one year remaining on their contracts. Early in the offseason, Miller and the Canucks were far apart in contract negotiations, while…

After a lengthy homestand, the San Jose Sharks (3-8-3, eighth Pacific) start a road trip against the slumping St. Louis Blues (3-8-0, eighth Central). The Blues have lost eight games in a row after starting the season 3-0-0. The Sharks have lost four straight, but could easily have won four in a row if the team had been able to finish against…

The coaching changes seem to agree with the Vegas Golden Knights and Boston Bruins. Bruce Cassidy's current and former teams lead the way in the list of the best teams in the NHL at the current time. Vegas has won seven games in a row while the Bruins lead the NHL with a+21 goal differential. It has been a different story for slumping Pittsburgh…

St Louis Blues vs Boston Bruins 11/7/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The St. Louis Blues will play against the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, November 07, 2022, at 7:00 PM (EDT). The Blues are in eighth place in the Central Division with a record of 3-6-0. The team is riding on a six-game losing streak, following…

An extremely rested St. Louis Blues squad travels to Seattle to take on the Kraken Wednesday night at 10:00 pm eastern time. The Blues are the lone team to have played just once this season, while their counterparts have one victory in four contests. In their only game, the Blues blasted the Blue Jackets 5-to-2, while Seattle has struggled to keep…

The Colorado Avalanche have their second chance to close out their series with the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. Colorado lost out on its opportunity to finish off the Blues in Game 5. St. Louis rallied from a deficit and won on the road in overtime. St. Louis' Game 5 victory went along with the theme of the series. Colorado won Games 3 and 4…

Wednesday's NHL matchup between the Edmonton Oilers (3-3-0) and the St. Louis Blues (3-1-0) at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri is projected to be a tight outing. The Oilers have -116 moneyline odds to win against the Blues (-104) in the game, which begins at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN+, BSMW, and SportsNet. The Oilers won 67.2% of their games when…

The Edmonton Oilers travel to St. Louis to take on the Blues in what will be the best game on the three-game NHL schedule on Wednesday night. The Blues opened the season with three-straight wins before being shutout in their last outing, while the Oilers overcame a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3. We'll review both teams' seasons…

Minnesota Wild (19-9-2) 40pts 2nd in the Central 3.63 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 3.00 Goals Against Per Game (19th in the NHL) 17.5% Power Play (22nd in the NHL) 81.1% Penalty Kill (12th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 12G 24A = 36pts 2. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 14G 12A = 26pts 3. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 8G 16A = 24pts 4. #17…

Welcome to the 2022-23 season preview as brought to you by Betway Sports. We'll be taking a dive into each team's offseason and what their Stanley Cup odds are for next season from the worst odds to the best. All odds are current as of the time of writing. Don't count out the St. Louis Blues. Sure, last year may not have ended how they wanted, but…

I'm not sure any player has as much to prove this year than Philipp Grubauer. The Seattle Kraken netminder is coming off a nightmare campaign, where he posted a career-worst.889 save percentage. At first glance, it would be easy to pin Grubauer's struggles on playing for an expansion team, but the Kraken actually ranked strongly in a number of…

The St. Louis Blues will begin their season with a relatively favorable schedule in the month of October. They'll play multiple divisional opponents and a couple of teams expected to compete for the best odds in the 2023 Draft lottery. Either way, this schedule is not all that difficult and should allow for the Blues to get off to a good start. As…

To mark the beginning of the 2022-23 regular season, NHL.com is running its first installment of the Trophy Tracker series this week. Today, we look at the race for the Hart Trophy, given annually to the player voted as the most valuable to his team in a vote by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Connor McDavid is 25 years old. He's…

The NHL is back which means it's time to find the right long shot team to hitch your wagon to for 2022-23. Favourites have rolled in recent years, with the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning combining for each of the last three Stanley Cup championships. That said, there are some options a little further down the board that make for…

The St. Louis Blues (4-1-0) have had a sweet start to their preseason, rattling off four straight wins before hitting a sour note in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars. They'll be looking to bounce back with a win over the Minnesota Wild, who are the only remaining undefeated team in the preseason. Which team will have the upper hand? Find out…

In the third and final piece of my Central Division Rankings series, it's time to focus on the forwards. The Central Division is top-heavy on talent and features a few key players who could be on their way out by the time the 2023 trade deadline approaches. Please keep in mind that these rankings are based on each team's projected forward lines for…

With under two weeks to go until the 2022-23 NHL season gets underway, the betting market is starting to take shape. The Colorado Avalanche opened as, and remain, the clear Stanley Cup favorite at+425 on BetMGM and then there's a bit of a jump to the chasing pack. Toronto (+800), Florida (+900), Carolina (+1000) and Tampa Bay (+1200) round out the…

Robert Thomas hits the ice at Enterprise Center with the St. Louis Blues against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET. Before placing a bet on one of Thomas' prop bets, continue reading for information about the imminent matchup. Use our props tool below to compare live odds at our sportsbook partners. Shop around, and…

Some players sign longer deals and then break out in a big way while others sign contracts they can't live up to. Still, others take bridge deals in hopes of earning a big pay raise by the end of their contracts. That is who we are focusing on here. Fifteen stars in the NHL who are underpaid this upcoming season excluding those players still on…