Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 8:00 PM ET

Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul

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Two teams out of the Central Division will get together on Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center. The St. Louis Blues will visit the Minnesota Wild. St. Louis is coming off a home loss on Tuesday night to the Ottawa Senators. Despite that loss, the Blues are 14-6-2, for 30 points. St. Louis is in second place in the Central Division. For Minnesota, they are seeking to bounce back from their loss to Los Angeles. On the season the Wild hold a 12-9 record; for 24 points, and 5th place in the divisional race.

The Minnesota Wild comes into the game scoring 2.7 goals per game, and allowing 2.3 goals per game. The Wild leading scorer has been Zach Parise. The left wing has 8 goals and 6 assists on the season. Minnesota’s goaltender Niklas Backstrom is allowing just over 2 goals per game. On the season, his record is 3-2, but he has won just shy of 200 games in his career. The Wild are 4th in the league in penalty kill, allowing goals on just 12.1% of opportunities.

For the St. Louis Blues, they will be without their starting goaltender Brian Elliott for a couple weeks. Jake Allen will take over as the starting goaltender. Allen is part of the reason St. Louis leads the league in goals allowed; with 2.0 per game. The top goal scorer for St. Louis has been Vladimir Tarasenko with 12 goals and 11 assists. St. Louis has the third best power play unit in all of the NHL, scoring on 24.4% of their chances.

St. Louis Blues Betting Trends

St. Louis Blues are 14-8-0 Against the Spread

St. Louis Blues are 7-6-0 against the Over/Under

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

Minnesota Wild are 12-9-0 Against the Spread

Minnesota Wild are 6-12-0 against the Over/Under

Injuries to Watch

St. Louis Blues

11/25/14 GO Brian Elliott Knee out indefinitely
11/25/14 D Jay Bouwmeester Lower Body "?" Friday vs Edmonton

Minnesota Wild

11/14/14 D Jonas Brodin Virus out indefinitely
11/14/14 D Marco Scandella Virus out indefinitely
11/05/14 LW Matt Cooke Hip out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take St. Louis

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