Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues Prediction, 12/11/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues

Date: Sunday, December 11, 2022

Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The Colorado Avalanche (13-10-1) are en route to Enterprise Center on Sunday where they will try to defeat the St. Louis Blues (12-15-0).

The Colorado Avalanche will look for better times on the ice after their 4-0 defeat to the Bruins in their previous game. Colorado had 11 penalty minutes in this game. They also had 4 power play attempts but weren't able to score. The Avalanche didn't have their best offensive outing in the loss. For the outing, they walked away having not converted any of the 23 shots they attempted.

With respect to their scoring, the Colorado Avalanche have tallied 76 goals (25th in pro hockey) so far this season and have conceded 70. For the current campaign, they have racked up 27 points and their points percentage is sitting at .563. Colorado comes into tonight with 89 power play opportunities and they have scored 27 goals out of those tries, giving them a percentage of 30.34%. While at even strength, the Avalanche have given up 49 goals while scoring 49 themselves. Colorado has tried 777 shots and has a shooting percentage of 9.8%. The Avalanche have had 800 shots attempted against them and have a save percentage of .913. Colorado Avalanche opponents have totaled 87 power play tries (15th in pro hockey) and have tallied 21 goals in those attempts.

The player protecting the goal in this game is Alexandar Georgiev. Georgiev has been in goal for 146 contests over the course of his pro hockey career. He has compiled an overall mark of 69-53-12 and he started in 134 games. Opponents have racked up 390 goals against Georgiev in his NHL career and his average for goals against per game is 2.92. Georgiev has had 4,320 shots taken against him and has recorded 3,930 total saves. He has a save percentage of .910 in his 8,024 minutes in the crease. Over the course of his career, Georgiev is sitting with 70 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .522.

When they were on the ice last, St. Louis played the Jets in a game where the Blues ended up taking the loss by a score of 5-2. They had 2 power play attempts in this one but didn't score a goal. The Blues scored 2 goals of the 31 shots on goal they tried.

St. Louis has put up 806 shots (21st in hockey) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 10.05%, while allowing their opponents 882 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 63.79% on the other teams 58 power play tries, and their save percentage currently sits at 88.1%. They have recorded 72 power play chances and they have a power play rate of 22.22%. The Blues have earned 65 goals at even strength and 16 goals (26th in the NHL) while on the power play. They have granted a total of 105 goals to be scored by way of 84 goals at even strength and 21 goals while they had less men on the ice. So far this season, the St. Louis Blues are sitting with 81 goals, 24 points, and a points percentage of .444.

On the other side of the ice you will find Jordan Binnington in goal. He has a tally of 4,681 stops out of the 5,151 shots attempted against him, giving him a save percentage of .909. Binnington is the owner of a career record of 99-57-20 and has been in goal for 182 contests. He has made the start in 178 games and has played 10,552 mins. Binnington's rate of quality starts comes out to 53.4% and he has 95 quality starts in his professional career. His opposition is averaging 2.67 goals per contest and he has yielded 470 goals in total.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take St. Louis

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