St. Louis Blues (52-24-11) vs Minnesota Wild (55-25-7)
Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 9:30 pm
This is a play on the MINNESOTA WILD for our NHL Thursday Breakaway. Minnesota took two of the first three games of this series but has dropped the last two by identical 5-2 score and now has its work cut out hitting the road needing to win to send it back home for a decisive Game Seven. The Wild are 23-15-2-3 on the road and the offense has been solid by averaging 3.35 gpg on away ice and we should see that offense bounce back after those two-goal games after scoring 11 goals in the two games prior. Special teams defense has been good all season but the Wild have allowed a power play goal in all five games and have given up six in total compared to the Blues shutting them out in three of the five games. The Wild are 20-8 in their last 28 games following a home loss of 3 or more goals. St. Louis looks to be in good shape here as it is back home for the possible clinching game and the short price has the public on them here. The Blues are 27-11-4-1 at home and their offense has been good here but the defense will have its hand full as they allowed five or more goals in four of their previous five games prior to the final two wins. The Blues are 2-7 in their last nine playoff games as a favorite. Here, we play on teams against the money line revenging a home loss of 3 goals or more, good team, winning 60-70% or more of their games on the season. This situation is 82-38 (68.3 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (59) Minnesota Wild