St Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild Prediction, Pick and Preview, May 2 (5/2): NHL

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Odds:

Time	9:30 p.m. EST
Blues money line	+120
Blues spread	+1.5 (-195)
Wild money line	-140
Wild spread	-1.5 (+165)
Over / under	6

 

2021-2022 season stats

	St Louis Blues	Minnesota Wild
Record	49-22-11	53-22-7
Road / home record	23-12-6	31-8-2
Streak	L2	W2
Goals per game	3.77	3.72
Goals allowed per game	2.92	3.04
Shots per game	30.4	32.5
Shots allowed per game	31.6	31.4
PP %	27.0%	20.5%
PK %	15.60%	24.23%
Over / under record	44-34-4	47-32-3

 

Preview

The St Louis Blues and the Minnesota Wild will meet at at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota to play Game 1 of the playoffs 1st round in the West. This is the fourth time these teams face off this season. The Blues won the last 3 head to head games.

St Louis Blues

The Blues have won 3 of their last 5 games and are 23-18 on the road with a 49-22-11 record overall ranking 3rd in the Central division. The Blues are 17-6-3 against the rest of their division. St. Louis has scored 302 goals and is third in the NHL averaging 3.8 goals per game. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the team with 34.

Tarasenko leads the Blues with 34 goals and has 82 points. Pavel Buchnevich has 17 points over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

In their last 10 games the Blues are 7-3, averaging 4.7 goals, 9.3 assists, 2.5 penalties and five penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game with a .913 save percentage.

Minnesota Wild

The Wild have won 4 of their last 5 games and are 31-10 at home this season with a 53-22-7 record overall ranking 2nd in the Central Division. The Wild have gone 13-10-3 against division opponents. Minnesota ranks fifth in the league recording 10 points per game, averaging 3.7 goals and 6.2 assists.

Kaprizov leads the Wild with 47 goals and has 108 points. Kevin Fiala has 22 points over the last 10 games for Minnesota.

In their last 10 games the Wild are 8-2, averaging 4.2 goals, 7.1 assists, four penalties and 10.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3 goals per game with an .898 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

St. Louis are 12-3 SU in their last 15 games.

St. Louis are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games against Minnesota

Minnesota are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games.

The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games against St. Louis.

Prediction

The Blues have dominated the Wild lately as they have won the last 5 head to head games but Minnesota are a tough team to beat at their home ice, they have won 14 of their last 16 games at home. These are the #2 and #4 offenses in the league and the over has cashed in 7 of their last 8 head to head games. Take the over.

PICK: Over 6 (-110)

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