Wednesday, January 6, 2015

Pepsi Center

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The St. Louis Blues travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, January 6, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Blues at -114 and the Avalanche at +103. The over/under has been set at 5.

St. Louis comes into this matchup having played 42 games. They have an overall record of 23-14-5 and on the road they have a record of 10-7-2. Currently they are 2nd in the Central Division. They've scored 103 goals and given up 103 goals for a point differential of 0. Colorado shows up with a record of 19-18-3 including 7-9-3 at home this season. They are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 113 goals and surrendered 111 for a goal differential of +2.

Vladimir Tarasenko has accumulated 41 total points this season for the Blues. He has 23 goals this season with 150 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 18 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Alex Steen has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 13 goals on 124 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Jake Allen has 18 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Blues. He has had 851 shots against him and has given up 63 goals. He has made 788 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 28 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 8 goals this season with 86 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 13 goals on 126 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 13 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 784 shots against him and has given up 68 goals. He has made 716 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Blues have 51 total points this season. They have scored 101 goals while giving up 102 goals. They have had 115 power play opportunities and have scored 25 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Blues have allowed 134 power play opportunities and given up 20 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.88% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Avalanche have a total of 41 points on the season. They have 30 power play goals on 138 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 130 power play opportunities and have given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Blues have a total of 113 goals scored while they've given up 111 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.01%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

St. Louis Blues Betting Trends

The St. Louis Blues are 21-19 straight up

The St. Louis Blues are 13-23-6 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 19-21 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 19-20-1 against the over/under

St. Louis Blues Injuries

12/06/15 C Steve Ott Hamstring out 3 months
01/02/16 LW Jaden Schwartz Ankle expected to miss another month

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/30/15 D Brad Stuart Back out indefinitely
12/26/15 GO Reto Berra Ankle expected to miss 10 days
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 D Erik Johnson Lower Body injured last game, "?" Wednesday vs St Louis

Guy's Pick: Take Colorado

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