Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Pepsi Center

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The St. Louis Blues travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Blues at -200 and the Avalanche at +170. The over/under has been set at 5.

St. Louis comes into this matchup having played 71 games. They have an overall record of 38-28-5 and on the road they have a record of 18-17-1. Currently they are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 197 goals and given up 193 goals for a point differential of +4. The Blues have an overall record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 37-33 and an over/under record of 30-31-10. Colorado shows up with a record of 20-48-3 including 11-22-2 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 138 goals and surrendered 234 for a goal differential of -96. The Avalanche have a record of 3-7-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 20-51 while their over/under record sits at 28-32-11.

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Vladimir Tarasenko has accumulated 63 total points this season for the Blues. He has 34 goals this season with 235 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 29 assists on the season and averages 18.4 minutes played per game. Alex Steen has averaged 19.2 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 14 goals on 99 shots. He has 31 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. Jake Allen has 27 wins and 19 losses this season in net for the Blues. He has had 1,352 shots against him and has given up 119 goals. He has made 1,233 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Matt Duchene has accumulated 37 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 17 goals this season with 141 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 18.4 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 15 goals on 222 shots. He has 30 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. Calvin Pickard has 13 wins and 24 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 1,218 shots against him and has given up 111 goals. He has made 1,107 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Blues have 81 total points this season. They have scored 197 goals while giving up 193 goals. They have had 203 power play opportunities and have scored 46 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Blues have allowed 231 power play opportunities and given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.94% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Avalanche have a total of 43 points on the season. They have 27 power play goals on 209 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 13%. They have allowed 244 power play opportunities and have given up 54 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Blues have a total of 138 goals scored while they've given up 234 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.03%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

St. Louis has a Corsi percentage of 49.4% as they've attempted 3,677 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,767 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.7% as they have 2,754 attempts while they've given up 2,782 shots on the defensive end. The Blues start possessions in the offensive zone 48.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.1% for the season. They have 2,128 face off wins compared to 2,074 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.6%. On defense has 1,488 hits and they've blocked 985 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 3,691 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,005 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.3% as they have 2,755 shots while they've given up 3,070 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 48.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.6% as they've compiled 2,285 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,979 face off losses. On defense has blocked 935 shot attempts and they have 1,510 hits as a unit.

St. Louis Blues Betting Trends

The St. Louis Blues are 37-33 straight up

The St. Louis Blues are 30-31-10 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 20-51 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 28-32-11 against the over/under

St. Louis Blues Injuries

03/18/17 C Jori Lehtera Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs. Colorado
03/16/17 RW Dmitrij Jaskin Shoulder out indefinitely
02/05/17 C Robby Fabbri Knee out for season

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

02/20/17 D Nikita Zadorov Ankle out for season
01/26/17 GO Semyon Varlamov Hip out for season

Josh's Pick: Take Colorado +170

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