The St Louis Blues (22-20-4, 48 points, 5th Central) pay a visit to the Utah Hockey Club (18-19-7, 43 points, 6th Central) on Saturday in an NHL game between two Central division and Western Conference rivals battling to remain relevant in the race for the postseason. St Louis defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night. St Louis has won two straight and three of the last four. Utah was defeated by the New York Rangers 5-3 on Thursday night. Utah has lost three straight, five of the last six and 10 of the last 12. St Louis is one point behind the second and final Western Conference wild-card spot. Utah trails the second and final spot by six points. St Louis will play without Nick Leddy and Torey Krug. Utah will play without Sean Durzi, Robert Bortuzzo, and Dylan Guenther. Make sure to take an in-depth look at this St Louis Blues vs Utah Hockey Club prediction. Shoot and score! Don’t miss our free NHL picks for St. Louis Blues vs. Utah Hockey Club prediction.
St Louis needs more from its attack
The St Louis Blues have a goals-for average of 2.8 and a goals-against average of 3.0, which are 24th and 16th respectively. St Louis averages 27.0 (25th) shots per game and allows an average of 28.3 (15th). The St Louis power play is 25th, scoring 18% of the time the Blues have the man advantage. The penalty kill is 27th, holding opponents scoreless 73.9% of the time St Louis has a short-handed
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Jordan Kyrou leads St Louis in goals with 20 and points with 39. Dylan Holloway is second in goals with 15 and five other players have double digits in goals scored. Robert Thomas is the leader in assists with 23 and Kryou is second with 19. Holloway and Thomas are second in points with 34 each. St Louis has seven players with 22 or more points. Holloway is the leader in plus/minus at 13. Goalie Jordan Binnington is 12-16-3 with a 2.79 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage
Utah’s attack is weak and its defense is only average
The Utah Hockey Club has a 2.8 goals-for average and a 3.0 goals-against average, which are 25th and 16th respectively. Utah averages 27.2 (23rd) shots per game and allows an average of 28.6 (20th). Utah’s power play is 14th, scoring 21.8% of the time the Hockey Club has the man advantage. The penalty kill is 12th, holding opponents scoreless 81.6% of the time Utah is short-handed.
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Utah’s leading goal scorer is Dylan Guenter with 16, but the right wing is out injured. Clayton Keller is second in goals scored with 14, the leader in assists with 30, and first in points with 44. Logan Cooley is third in goals scored with 13, second in assists with 30, and second in points with 38. Utah has five active players with 20 points or more. Michael Kesselring is the leader in plus/minus at 10. Utah goalie Karel Vejmelka is 10-13-3 with a goals-against average of 2.54 and a save percentage of .910
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The Utah Hockey Club has received solid play in goal from backup Karel Vejmelka, who has 10 wins in 28 appearances but a respectable 2.54 goals against average and .910 save percentage. St Louis has lost four of its last five versus Utah and the Blues have lost five of their last seven played on the road. St Louis goalie Jordan Binnington has played solid this season but the Blues have lost two of the last three that Binnington has been between the pipes. Utah’s No. 1 goalie Connor Ingram has come off the injured list and may even start in place of Vejmelka. Ingram has a 3.49 GAA
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The total has finished over in four of the last six games played by St Louis on the road in Utah and the total has finished over in four of the last six games that St Louis has played against a team from the Central division. The total has also finished under in all of Utah’s last five games against an opponent from the Central Division
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