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STL BLUES -160
THE BLUES HAVE WON MOST OF THEIR GAMES AT HOME SO FAR THIS SEASON AND HAVE MADE IT A HARD VENUE FOR VISITING TEAMS TO WIN AT. SCORING AN AVERAGE OF 2.5 GOALS AND ALLOWING ONLY 1.67 FOR A HOME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL OF +0.83. THEIR PENALTY KILL HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE AT HOME SITTING AT 93.9%. THEIR POWER PLAY AT HOME IS MEDIOCRE, ONLY SCORING AT A 14% RATE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING CHANCES AT 41 OPPORTUNITIES THUS FAR.
THE STARS HAVE BEEN VERY INCONSISTENT SO FAR THIS SEASON, THEY COME INTO THIS GAME ON THE ROAD AVERAGING 2.55 GOALS BUT ALLOWING A MASSIVE 4 GOALS AGAINST THEM !! THEIR STRENGTH HAS BEEN THEIR POWER PLAY, WHICH IS AT A IMPRESSIVE 20%. (8 GOALS ON 39 ATTEMPTS) HOWEVER THEIR PENALTY KILL IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE AT A LOWLY 68.4%.
JAKE ALLEN IS 4-2 AGAINST THE STARS, ALLOWING 2.31 GOALS IN THOSE STARTS BUT ALSO BOASTING 2 SHUTOUTS AGAINST THE STARS.
ANTTI NEIMI IS 10-9 AGAINST THE BLUES, ALSO WITH 2 SHUTOUTS BUT ALLOWING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER 2.94 GOALS IN THOSE STARTS.
OVERALL, I LIKE THE BLUES AT HOME TO WIN THIS GAME. THE STARS BIGGEST STRENGTH IS THEIR POWER PLAY, BUT THE BLUES PENALTY KILL AND DEFENSIVE STRENGTH SHOULD BE MORE THEN ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF THE STARS AND SCORE ENOUGH GOALS ON THE POOR DEFENSIVE STARS TO WIN THIS GAME.
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