Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues Prediction, 5/21/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues

Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022

Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO

TV: TNT

Odds/Point Spread: Avalanche (-182) Blues (+150)

The Colorado Avalanche are traveling to Enterprise Center on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the St. Louis Blues in Game 3 of their series. The series is tied 1-1. The moneyline on this contest has Colorado at -182 while St. Louis is opening at +150. The total is set at 7.

The Colorado Avalanche will look for better times on the ice after their 4-1 defeat against the Blues in Game 2. Colorado accumulated 4 mins in the box for this game. They also had 2 opportunities with more players on the ice and were able to net 1 goal. The Avalanche could have played much better offensively in the loss. In the game, they netted 1 of the 31 shots they looked to score on.

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Colorado Avalanche opponents have totaled 236 power play opportunities (13th in professional hockey) and have come away with 48 goals in those chances. The Avalanche have had 2,625 shots tried against them and have a save percentage of .912. Colorado has tried 2,874 shots and has a shooting percentage of 10.7%. When playing at even strength, the Avalanche have surrendered 184 goals while scoring 241 on offense. Colorado comes into the game with 279 power play opportunities and they have notched 67 goals out of those tries, giving them a rate of 24.01%. For the year, they have recorded 119 points and their points percentage sits at .726. When talking about their scoring capabilities, the Colorado Avalanche have accumulated 308 goals (4th in the National Hockey League) on the season and have given up 232.

The player guarding the cage in this matchup is Darcy Kuemper. Opponents have scored 698 goals versus Kuemper in his NHL career and his goals against rate is 2.48. Kuemper has been in net for 299 matchups over the course of his NHL career. His save percentage is at .918 for his 16,859 minutes in the crease. He has earned a record of 143-95-36 and he has started in 282 games. From the beginning of his pro career to now, Kuemper has 159 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .564. Kuemper has had 8,484 shots against him and has recorded 7,786 saves.

In Game 2 St. Louis had 2 power play opportunities in this contest and tallied 1 goal out of those attempts. The Blues recorded 4 goals out of the 32 shots on goal they tried.

St. Louis has taken 2,492 shots (18th in professional hockey) and has earned a shooting percentage of 12.40%, while allowing the opposition 2,591 shots. They have earned a penalty kill rate of 84.09% on their opponents 220 power play tries, and their save percentage is currently 90.8%. They have a tally of 241 power play opportunities and they have accumulated a power play percentage of 26.97%. The Blues are sitting with 244 goals at even strength and 65 goals (2nd in the NHL) while on the power play. They have permitted 239 goals to be scored by of a combination of 204 goals at even strength and 35 goals while they had less men on the ice. For the season, the St. Louis Blues have tallied 309 goals, 109 points, in addition to a points percentage of .665.

Across the rink you are going to see Ville Husso defending the goal. Husso has accrued a career record of 34-13-7 and has played in 57 contests. Husso's quality start percentage comes out to 56.6% and he has 30 quality starts in his hockey career. He has racked up 1,547 stops out of the 1,696 shots taken, giving him a save percentage of .912. His opponents are averaging 2.74 goals per contest and he has surrendered 149 goals in total. He has been a starter 53 games and has played 3,258 minutes.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Colorado (-182)

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