St Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 19 (5/19): NHL

St Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 19 (5/19): NHL

Credit: photo by Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds:

Time 9:30 p.m. EST
Blues money line +200
Blues spread +1.5 (-120)
Avalanche money line -240
Avalanche spread -1.5 (+100)
Over / under 6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

  St Louis Blues Colorado Avalanche
Record 53-36 61-26
Home / road record 25-20 35-9
Streak L1 W5
Goals per game 3.77 3.76
Goals allowed per game 2.92 2.83
Shots per game 30.4 35.0
Shots allowed per game 31.6 32.0
PP % 27.0% 24.0%
PK % 15.60% 24.23%
Over / under record 47-38-4 46-37-4

 

Preview

The St Louis Blues and the Colorado Avalanche will meet again at the Ball Arena in Colorado to play the Game 2 of the playoffs 2nd round in the West. The Avs took the win 3-2 in Game 1. Manson scored his first career playoff goal 8:02 into overtime, Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves in his return to the net from an eye injury.

St Louis Blues

The Blues have won 3 of their last 5 games and are 25-20 on the road with a 53-36 record overall ranking 3rd in the Central division. The Blues are 21-12 against the rest of their division. St. Louis has scored 313 goals and is third in the NHL averaging 3.8 goals per game. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the team with 34.

Vladimir Tarasenko has 34 goals and 48 assists for the Blues. Ryan O'Reilly has scored seven goals with six assists over the last 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Blues are 5-5, averaging 4 goals, 5.9 assists, 3.7 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game.

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado have won 5 games in a row and are 35-9 at home. They have 61-26 overall record ranking 1st in the Central Division. The Avalanche are 20-7-4 against divisional rivals. Colorado averages 8.8 penalty minutes per game, the ninth-most in the Western Conference and have gone 52-4-4 when scoring three or more goals.

Mikko Rantanen has 36 goals and 56 assists for the Avalanche. Artturi Lehkonen has scored six goals over the last 10 games.

In their last 10 games the Avalanche are 6-4, averaging 3.7 goals, 5.5 assists, 4.1 penalties and 10.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game.

BETTING TRENDS

St. Louis are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games against Colorado.

The total has gone OVER in 13 of St. Louis' last 17 games on the road.

Colorado are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games at home.

Colorado are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against St. Louis.

Prediction

The Avalanche beat the Blues but it was another close game. In the last 10 head to head games the average score is 2.9-3.9. The Blues offense will continue to keep these games close and I think the Avs are going to win this series but I'll continue to take the Blues to cover the puck line in every game.

PICK: Blues +1.5 (-120)

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