St. Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction, 12/8/2023 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Date: Friday, December 8, 2023

Location: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Blues (-110) Blue Jackets (-110)

The St. Louis Blues (13-11-1) are traveling to Nationwide Arena on Friday where they will compete against the Columbus Blue Jackets (8-14-5). The moneyline on this game has the Blues at -110 and the Blue Jackets are priced at -110. The total comes in at 7.

The St. Louis Blues will look to clean up some issues after taking a 6-3 defeat to the Golden Knights in their last outing. St. Louis accounted for 16 minutes in the box in this game. They also had 3 chances on the power play but weren't able to score a goal. The Blues offense didn't overly impress in the defeat. In the matchup, they were able to notch a goal on 3 out of the 29 shots they put on goal.

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St. Louis Blues opponents have totaled 69 power play opportunities (31st in pro hockey) and have tallied 15 goals in those chances. The Blues have had 830 shots taken against them and hold a save percentage of .905. St. Louis has taken 734 shots and holds a shot percentage of 9.8%. While playing at even strength, the Blues have allowed the opponent to score 64 goals while notching 65 of their own. St. Louis has tallied 74 power play chances and they have scored 7 goals during those advantages, garnering them a percentage of 9.46%. For the year, they sit with 27 points and their points percentage sits at .540. When it comes to their scoring, the St. Louis Blues have earned 72 goals (24th in hockey) so far this season and have given up 79.

The man protecting the net in this game is Jordan Binnington. Throughout his time in hockey, Binnington has tallied 122 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .519. His save percentage currently is at .907 for his 14,010 minutes in the crease. Binnington has had 7,006 shot attempts against him and has gathered 6,353 total saves. Opponents have been able to score 653 goals versus Binnington in his professional career and his goals against average per contest is 2.80. He has amassed an overall mark of 125-80-27 and he has gotten the start in 235 games. Binnington has taken the ice for 242 contests over the course of his pro hockey career.

The last time they were on the ice, Columbus played the Kings in an outing where the Blue Jackets ended up losing by a score of 4-3. The Blue Jackets scored 3 goals out of the 29 shots on goal they tried. They had 1 attempt on the power play in this matchup and scored 1 on that attempt.

So far this season, the Columbus Blue Jackets have tallied 77 goals, 21 points, in addition to a points percentage of .389. They have granted a total of 91 goals to be scored by way of 81 goals at even strength and 10 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Blue Jackets have accumulated 66 goals at even strength and 11 goals (26th in pro hockey) while having a power play advantage. They have a total of 80 chances on the power play and they have a power play rate of 13.75%. Columbus has taken 808 shots (7th in hockey) and has a shooting percentage of 9.53%, while allowing the other team 913 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 87.18% on their opponents 78 power play chances, and their save percentage sits at 90.0%.

Across the ice you will find Spencer Martin in net. Martin has accrued a career record of 16-23-6 and has been in goal for 48 contests. Martin's quality start rate is 38.6% and he has accumulated 17 quality starts in his pro career. He has racked up 1,281 saves out of the 1,441 shots taken, giving him a save % of .889. His opponents are averaging 3.54 goals per game and he has allowed 160 goals altogether. He got the starting nod in 44 games and has played for a total of 2,711 mins.

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

Tony's Pick: Take St. Louis (-110)

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