St. Louis Blues vs Boston Bruins Prediction, 11/7/2022 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs Boston Bruins

Date: Monday, November 7, 2022

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Blues (+152) Bruins (-184)

The Boston Bruins (10-2-0) will play the St. Louis Blues (3-6-0) at TD Garden on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has St. Louis at +152 and Boston is coming in at -184. The over/under has been set at 7.

The St. Louis Blues will look to clean up some issues after taking a 5-2 loss to the Islanders in their previous contest . St. Louis accumulated 9 penalty minutes in this matchup. The Blues could have played much better offensively in the defeat. Additionally, they had 3 power play opportunities and were able to score 1 goal. For the outing, they converted 2 of the 34 shots they put on net.

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With respect to scoring goals, the St. Louis Blues have tallied 21 goals (32nd in the league) so far this year and have given up 35. For the current season, they have scored 6 points and their points percentage is .333. St. Louis comes into tonight with 24 power play opportunities and they have added 6 goals out of those attempts, garnering them a percentage of 25.00%. At even strength, the Blues have conceded 30 goals while scoring 15 themselves. St. Louis has taken 265 shots and has a shooting percentage of 7.9%. The Blues so far have had 281 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .875. St. Louis Blues opponents have recorded 21 power play tries (32nd in professional hockey) and have scored 5 goals in those attempts.

The player in the crease for this game is Jordan Binnington. Binnington has been in goal for 169 games over the course of his hockey career. He has amassed an overall record of 93-50-20 and he started in 165 games. Opponents have been able to score 428 goals against Binnington in his pro hockey career and his goals against average per contest is 2.62. Binnington has seen 4,758 shot attempts taken against him and has gathered 4,330 saves. He has a save percentage of .910 during his 9,818 minutes in the crease. In his professional hockey career, Binnington has accounted for 89 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .539.

In their last game, Boston opposed the Maple Leafs in a matchup where the Bruins took the defeat by a tally of 2-1. They had 3 power play attempts in this matchup and converted 1 out of those chances. The Bruins recorded 1 goal of the 21 shots on goal they tried.

The Bruins have tallied 40 goals at even strength and 10 goals (12th in professional hockey) while on the power play. Boston has taken 415 shots (8th in professional hockey) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 12.05%, while allowing their opponents 365 shots. So far this year, the Boston Bruins have 50 goals, 20 points, in addition to a points percentage of .833. They have permitted 30 goals to be scored by way of 27 goals at even strength and 3 goals while they had less men on the ice. They have a total of 43 chances on the power play and they have a power play rate of 23.26%. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 92.86% on their opponents 42 power play tries, and their save percentage sits at 91.8%.

On the other side of the ice you will find Linus Ullmark defending the net. Ullmark has compiled a career record of 84-58-15 and has been in goal for 168 games. Ullmark's rate of quality starts is 56.3% and he has 90 quality starts in his career. He is sitting with 4,524 stops out of the 4,948 shots attempted against him, which gives him a save % of .914. Teams are averaging 2.66 goals per game and he has relinquished 424 goals in total. He got the starting nod in 160 games and has racked up 9,562 mins.

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

Tony's Pick: Take St. Louis (+152)

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