Golden Knights vs. Blues Prediction
One of the best matchups in the NHL on Friday night will take place in St. Louis where the Blues will host the Golden Knights at 8:00 p.m. ET. With Vegas listed as a -115 money line favorite and the total sitting at 5.5, what’s the best play on the board when it comes to this matchup?
Game Snapshot
023 Vegas Golden Knights (-115) at 024 St. Louis Blues (-105); o/u 5.5
8:00 p.m. ET, Friday, March 12, 2021
Venue: Enterprise Center, Saint Louis, MO
Vegas Golden Knights DFS Spin
Marc-Andre Fleury has been added to the NHL’s COVID protocol list. Fleury is having a superb season and Robin Lehner (upper body) is still working his way back from injury, so hopefully he doesn’t remain unavailable to Vegas for very long. Consider him day-to-day for now. He won’t be permitted to practice or play until he is cleared. Fleury has a 12-5-0 record this season with a 1.73 goals-against average, a .938 save percentage and four shutouts.
St. Louis Blues DFS Spin
St. Louis has made the signing of Jordan Binnington to a six-year contract extension worth $36 million official. Binnington is playing in his third season with the Blues in the second campaign of a two-year, $8.8 million contract. He agreed to that deal after he helped backstop the Blues to a Stanley Cup championship in 2019. Binnington has posted a 63-24-11 record, a 2.38 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and eight shutouts over 102 regular-season games. Binnington hasn’t been as successful this year as he was in his previous two seasons. Still, this deal locks him up as the team’s No. 1 netminder for the long term and it will prevent him from testing unrestricted free agency this off-season.
Golden Knights vs. Blues Prediction
The over is a perfect 5-0 in the last five meetings between these two teams and has cashed in four of the Golden Knights’ last five games as a favorite. The over is also 8-2 in the Blues’ last 10 games as a home underdog, is 4-1 in their last five games as an underdog either home or away and is 7-2 in their last nine games after scoring two goals or less in their previous contest.
NHL BETTING PREDICTION: GOLDEN KNIGHTS/BLUES OVER 5.5
