The St. Louis Blues will play the New York Rangers on Monday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The St. Louis Blues are 11-13-0 this season after they lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 6-2 in their last game. St. Louis was out shot by a total of 38-28 and allowed two power play goals in the loss. The St. Louis Blues are averaging 2.83 goals per game, 3.75 goals against per game, 23.4% on the power play, and 66.7% on the penalty kill. Robert Thomas has led the Blues with four goals, 17 assists, and 34 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for St. Louis is Jordan Binnington, who is 9-10-0 this season with a 3.27 goals against average and a .895 save percentage.
The New York Rangers are 11-10-5 this season after they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 5-2 in their last game. New York out shot Chicago by a total of 28-21, but allowed Chicago to score three power play goals in the loss. New York is averaging 2.92 goals per game, 2.89 goals against per game, 20.5% on the power play, and 80% on the penalty kill. Mika Zibanejad has led the Rangers with 13 goals, 15 assists, and 110 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for New York is Igor Shesterkin, who is 10-4-4 this season with a 2.59 goals against average and a .913 save percentage.
St. Louis is 1-5 in their last 6 games and 2-5 in their last 7 Monday games. The over is 5-1 in St. Louis’ last 6 games. New York is 1-5 in their last 6 games and 0-4 in their last 4 home games. The under is 21-10 in New York’s last 31 games. The over is 4-1 in these two teams last 5 head to head meetings.
These two teams have had their struggles over their past few games, but one team will come away with the victory here. Both teams have lost four of their last five games, but New York has been the better defensive team this season. St. Louis has had at least six goals in four of their last five games, while New York has had at least six goals in three of their last five games. I like the over here.