Ryan O’Reilly, Vladimir Tarasenko, and the St. Louis Blues will face off against Clayton Keller, Alex Galchenyuk, and the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena in a Western Conference matchup. The puck drops at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 14, and you’ll be able to view the game live on Fox Sports Arizona.
St. Louis Blues at Arizona Coyotes Odds
St. Louis (-145) is currently favored over Arizona (+125), and the oddsmakers have put the Over/Under (O/U) at 6 goals. The odds for betting the total sit at -105 money on the over and -115 for the under.
St. Louis is 28-27 straight up (SU) and has earned 0.8 units for moneyline bettors this year. Through 55 regular season matches, 28 of its games have gone under the total, while 24 have gone over and just three have pushed. The Blue Notes are 14-12 SU as a road team in 2018-19.
St. Louis has converted on 18.4 percent of its power play chances this season, a figure that’s right around league average. Its penalty kill is ranked 23rd overall, and it has successfully killed off 78.9 percent of all penalties..
Boasting a .898 save percentage and 24.4 saves per game, Jake Allen (16-21-4) has been the primary option in goal for St. Louis this season. If head coach Craig Berube decides to rest him, however, the team could go with Jordan Binnington (10-4-1), who has a .927 save percentage and 1.82 goals against average this year.
On the other side of the ice, Arizona is 25-31 straight up (SU) and has earned 0.7 units for moneyline bettors this season. Through 56 regular season contests, 28 of its games have gone under the total, while 25 have gone over and just three have pushed. It’s 10-16 SU at home this season.
The Coyotes have converted on just 17.6 percent of their power play opportunities this season, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked first overall, and it’s successfully killed off 85.2 percent of all opponent power plays.
Darcy Kuemper (28.5 saves per game) has been the primary choice in goal for the Coyotes. Kuemper has 13 wins, 18 losses, and five OT losses to his credit and has maintained a .913 save percentage and 2.73 goals against average this season.
St. Louis Blues vs. Arizona Coyotes Free Picks
NHL Prediction: SU Winner – Blues, O/U – Over
Betting Trends
- Over St. Louis’ last ten games, four of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 3-1 in those games).
- The Coyotes are 9-19 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 13-24 when they serve fewer than 10 penalty minutes, in total.
- For both of these teams, the over has hit in three of their past five outings.
- St. Louis has averaged 7.5 giveaways per game (ranked sixth).
- Arizona has averaged 7.2 giveaways over its last five home games, an improvement from its season average of 8.3 giveaways per game (the 6th-fewest in the NHL).
- The Coyotes this season have tallied the ninth-most hits in the NHL (23.6 per game), but that average has risen to 30.8 over their past five games as the home team.
