St. Louis Blues vs. Vegas Golden Knights Prediction, Preview, and Odds

The St. Louis Blues and Vegas Golden Knights will square off on Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. EST in T-Mobile Arena. Vegas is at the top of the Pacific Division with 36 points in 25 games, three points clear of the 2nd place Canucks. Meanwhile, the Blues are in 5th place in the Central Division with 25 points in 23 games played. Vegas hopes to extend their winning streak to three games in this contest. The Golden Knights are heavy favorites with a money line at -200 while the total is six goals.

St. Louis Struggling

St. Louis took home a 4-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes in their latest game played. Brandon Saad had a goal and four shots on target. Justin Faulk had a team-high six shots on goal while Nick Leddy and Oskar Sundqvist earned the assists. Joel Hofer stopped 18 of 21 shots in the effort.

Robert Thomas has the most points with 23 and has the most assists with 15 on the team. Jake Neighbors has the most goals scored with nine while Thomas just edges out the others with a team-high +6. Alexey Toropchenko leads the squad in penalty minutes with 16 while Thomas is the only forward to average more than 20 minutes of ice time per game. Pavel Buchnevich has scored four of the seven power play goals for the Blues and Jordan Kyrou has four power play assists on the year. Kyrou is also the leader in shots by far with 78 while the player with the next most has only 51. As a unit, St. Louis ranks 23rd in scoring with only 2.91 goals scored per game. They are averaging 29.5 shots per game (23rd) and their power play is at an even 10% success rate (31st in NHL). St. Louis has a 50.7% win rate in the face-off circle, ranking 16th in the league.

Justin Faulk has the most points among defensemen with 11. He is also leading the defendes in ice time with 11 and Colton Parayko has the most goals among blue-liners with four. Parayko leads the squad in ice time with an average of 23:18 and Marco Scandella has a +5 ratio. Tyler Tucker has the most penalty minutes with ten while Torey Krug has generated a defense-high 51 shots on goal. St. Louis is 26th in shots against, surrendering an average of 32.5 per contest, yet they are 16th in the NHL in goals against with a 3.13 goals against average. The Blues have been average on the penalty kill, ranking 17th and killing off 79.3% of penalties. Jordan Binnington is registering a 2.98 GAA and a 91.0% save percentage as the starting goalie. Joel Hofer is not far behind with a 3.04 GAA and a 90.1% save percentage. Fortunately for St. Louis, there are no injuries to report.

Golden Knights Shining

Vegas earned another win, this time against the Washington Capitals by a score of 4-1 in their most recent contest. Jack Eichel had three points on the day with a goal and two assists while Jonathan Marchessault had two goals of his own. Marchessault also had the most shots with five and Mark Stone scored the other goal for Vegas. Logan Thompson stopped 21 of 22 shots in the victory.

Jack Eichel has the most points and assists on the squad with 27 and 17, but William Karlsson has the most goals with 11. Amadio has a team-high +12 and Paul Cotter has 27 penalty minutes to his name. Eichel has the most time spent on the ice among forwards with 20:15 and has the most power play goals with four on the year. Mark Stone has the most power play assists among offensive skaters with six and Eichel has a team-high 103 shots on the year. As a collective, the Golden Knights are 10th in shots per game with 31.9, 17th in goals per game with 3.16, and 14th on the power play with a 21.4% success rate. They are also 14th with a 50.7% win rate in the face-off circle.

Shea Theodore is the leader in points among Vegas defenders with 18. He has the most goals (4), assists (14), power play goals (2), power play assists (8), and shots (52) among all defenders. Brayden McNabb has a +10, which is highest among blue-liners, and Nicolas Hague has the most penalty minutes earned among defenders with 22. Alex Pietrangelo just edges out Theodore for most time spent on the ice with an average time of 23:52. Adin Hill and Logan Thompson have split the 26 games played so far for the Golden Knights with Hill earning the majority of starts. Hill has a 1.87 GAA compared to Thompson's 2.36 and Hill has a 93.5% save percentage compared to Thompson's 91.8%. Thanks to their excellent play, Vegas is second in the league in goals against per game at 2.32. They are 11th in shots against per game with 29.5 and 5th on the penalty kill with an 86.5% kill rate. Four players are listed on the injury report for Vegas. Theodore is out indefinitely along with Alec Martinez and Robert Lehner, but Adin Hill is questionable to play on Tuesday.

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St. Louis has a 5-7-1 record away from home this season while Vegas has the momentum and a 9-2-1 record at home this season. Hill is still projected to start as the starting goalie for Vegas, and he has done better than Binnington this season. Vegas has an elite defense right now and St. Louis has been struggling all year on offense. Vegas should win with a solid defensive performance and in the worst case, they should be able to score an empty-netter if the game is still close by then. St. Louis has one of the worst power play units in the league and Vegas has been killing penalties at an incredible rate.

Prediction: Vegas Golden Knights -1.5 (+125)

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Vegas will win this game through their defense, and I wouldn't be shocked with another 4-1 performance. Vegas has hit the under in 16 of their 25 games (64%) and St. Louis has hit the under in 14 of 23 games played (61%) this year. Both goaltenders have a combined GAA of less than 5.00 and St. Louis has had a terrible power play unit so far this year. Vegas has been solid in every category on defense and these two teams have reached under six goals in four of their last six meetings against each other.

Prediction: Under 6

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