Vancouver Canucks vs St louis Blues Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 28 (3/28): NHL

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Odds

Time	7:30 p.m. EST
Canucks money line	+135
Canucks spread	+1.5 (-185)
Blues money line	-160
Blues spread	-1.5 (+160)
Over / under	6

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Vancouver Canucks	St Louis Blues
Record	32-26-9	35-20-9
Road / home record	18-13-4	20-9-4
Streak	W1	L2
Goals per game	2.82	3.50
Goals allowed per game	2.81	2.88
Shots per game	32.2	30.7
Shots allowed per game	31.9	31.3
PP %	21.80%	26.20%
PK %	27.66%	17.55%
Over / under record	31-34-2	32-29-3

 

Preview

The Vancouver Canucks continue on the road and will visit the St Louis Blues on Monday night. This is the second time these teams face off in the season, the Blues won the last game 3-1 in Vancouver.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

The Canucks have lost 3 of their last 5 games and are 18-17 away from home with a 32-26-9 record overall ranking 5th in the Pacific. The Canucks are 18-12-6 in conference games. Vancouver ranks 10th in the Western Conference averaging 4.7 assists per game, led by J.T. Miller with 0.8.

Miller leads the Canucks with 28 goals and has 80 points. Bo Horvat has nine goals and two assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.

The Canucks are 4-6, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.8 assists, 3.1 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes while allowing 2.6 goals per game with a .923 save percentage.

ST LOUIS BLUES

The Blues have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are 20-13 at home with a 35-20-9 record ranking fourth in the Central division. St Louis are 23-8-5 in Western Conference games. 

Kyrou has 62 total points for the Blues, 22 goals and 40 assists. Brayden Schenn has nine assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

In their last 10 games the Blues are 3-7, averaging 3.4 goals, six assists, 3.8 penalties and 8.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game with an .889 save percentage

BETTING TRENDS

Vancouver are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.

Vancouver are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games on the road.

St. Louis are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.

St. Louis are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games at home.

Prediction

The Canucks have lost 3 of their last 9 games but they're still profitable ATS with a 39-28 record and 22-13 ATS on the road. The Blues are also struggling losing 5 of their last 6 games at home. With Vancouver allowing 2.6 gpg in the last 10 games they should control the pace on this game, so expect a low score. Take the under.

PICK: Under 6 (-115)

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