Blues vs. Golden Knights Prediction
The St. Louis Blues earned a shootout win over the Golden Knights on Tuesday night but will they make it two in a row in Vegas when the rivals meet at 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday night?
Game Snapshot
055 St. Louis Blues (+135) at 056 Las Vegas Golden Knights (-155); o/u 6
9:00 p.m. ET, Thursday, January 28, 2021
Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
St. Louis Blues DFS Spin
Jordan Binnington allowed four goals on 46 shots in Tuesday’s 5-4 shootout victory against the Vegas Golden Knights. Binnington and the Blues headed into the third period with a 4-2 lead, but then Max Pacioretty took over and posted his second and third goals of the game. However, the Blues netminder was sharp in the shootout, stopping Jonathan Marchessault and Alex Tuch to give the road team the victory. He improves to 4-1-1 with a 2.74 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in his six starts. The Blues are back in action for the second end of the double dip at T-Mobile Arena against VGK on Thursday.
Vegas Golden Knights DFS Spin
Max Pacioretty scored three goals for his seventh-career hat trick in Tuesday’s 5-4 shootout loss against the St. Louis Blues. Pacioretty doubled his season goal total to six, pulling back into a tie with Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen for the NHL lead. He ended up squeezing off a game-high eight shots while posting a minor penalty and two blocked shots in 21:26 of ice time on 25 shifts. That’s quite a way to snap a three-game goal drought. He had a power play goal in Tuesday’s game, too, his first of the season on the man advantage. He’ll look to keep it cooking on Thursday night in the rematch against the Blues.
Blues vs. Golden Knights Prediction
The home team is 8-3 in the last 11 meetings between these two teams while the favorite has won five of the last six meetings. The Blues are also 0-4 in their last four games coming off a win, are 3-7 in their last 10 games when facing a team with a winning record and have won just four times in their last 13 games when listed as the underdog. On the other side, the Golden Knights are 19-7 in their last 26 home games, have won five of their last seven overall and are 4-0 in their last four games after allowing five goals or more in their previous contest.
NHL BETTING PREDICTION: VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS -155