St. Louis Blues vs Seattle Kraken Prediction, 1/26/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs Seattle Kraken

Date: Friday, January 26, 2024

Location: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Blues (+123) Kraken (-150)

Climate Pledge Arena is the site where the Seattle Kraken (20-18-9) will compete against the St. Louis Blues (24-20-2) on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Blues at +123 while the Kraken are coming in at -150. The total comes in at 7.

The St. Louis Blues will head into their next game feeling good after earning a 4-3 win against the Canucks in their previous game. St. Louis accounted for 6 mins in the box for this matchup. In addition, they had 3 power play chances and scored 1 goal. The Blues had a good offensive output in this win. In the game, they netted 4 of the 18 shots they attempted.

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When discussing their goal scoring prowess, the St. Louis Blues have accumulated 131 goals (26th in the National Hockey League) over the course of the season and have surrendered 145. For the current season, they have racked up 50 points and their points percentage is .543. St. Louis has compiled 134 power play opportunities and they have notched 19 goals out of those tries, garnering them a rate of 14.18%. At even strength, the Blues have allowed the opponent to score 118 goals while notching 112 of their own. St. Louis has attempted 1,348 shots and is the owner of a shot percentage of 9.7%. The Blues have seen 1,467 shots tried against them and have a save percentage of .901. St. Louis Blues opponents have tallied 124 power play opportunities (32nd in the league) and have earned 27 goals in those chances.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Jordan Binnington. The opposition has racked up 693 goals versus Binnington in his NHL career and his goals against average is 2.81. Binnington has taken the ice for 256 games during his hockey career. His save percentage currently sits at .906 for his 14,820 minutes on the ice. He has accumulated an overall record of 133-85-28 and was named the starter in 249 games. Over the course of his career, Binnington has accrued 129 quality starts and his quality starts rate sits at .518. Binnington has had 7,396 shots taken against him and has amassed 6,703 saves.

In their last contest, Seattle faced the Blackhawks in an outing where the Kraken got the victory by a score of 6-2. The Kraken recorded 6 goals of the 28 shots on goal they tried. They had 3 power play opportunities in this one but didn't score a goal.

The Kraken have earned 105 goals at even strength and 27 goals (21st in the NHL) while on the power play. Seattle has put up 1,361 shots (23rd in pro hockey) and has earned a shot percentage of 9.70%, while allowing the other team 1,405 shots. On the season, the Seattle Kraken have earned a total of 132 goals, 49 points, and a points percentage of .521. They have permitted 135 goals to be scored by way of 108 goals at even strength and 27 goals while they had less men on the ice. They have a total of 132 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play rate of 20.45%. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 79.39% on the other teams 131 power play opportunities, and their save percentage sits at 90.4%.

Across the ice you are likely to see Joey Daccord defending the goal. Daccord holds a career record of 17-17-10 and has been in goal for 50 games. Daccord's percentage of quality starts comes out to 53.5% and he has made 23 quality starts in his pro career. He is sitting with 1,296 stops out of the 1,427 shots tried, giving him a save percentage of .908. His opposition is averaging 2.80 goals per game and he has yielded 131 goals altogether. He got the starting nod in 43 games and has accumulated 2,812 mins.

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

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Seattle (-150) and under 6.5 goals

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