3:07 pm
January 18

Blues @ Avalanche

Who will WIN this matchup?

St. Louis Blues (30-10-8)

@ Colorado Avalanche (26-15-6)

 

Starting Goalies:

Jordan Binnington (STL): Unconfirmed

Philipp Grubauer (COL): Unconfirmed

 

Current odds:

St. Louis Blues: (+126)

Colorado Avalanche: (-139)

 

• Alexander Steen (995 career games) has recorded all four of his goals this season in the last four contests and eight of his 14 points in the past six games. David Perron has four goals and three assists in seven January contests and leads the club with 20 goals and 47 points as he continues what ultimately could be a career season. Carl Gunnarsson will return to the lineup Saturday after missing 15 games due to a combination of an arm injury and the play of rookie Niko Mikkola, with Gunnarsson telling the St. Louis Post Dispatch: “It’s been a while and now I’ve been sitting around waiting. It will be fun.”

• Colorado prevailed Thursday without any production from its top line of Nathan MacKinnon (68 points), Mikko Rantanen and captain Gabe Landeskog, who have combined for 51 points in 62 games. Ryan Graves continued his breakout season with his seventh goal and his plus-31 rating leads the NHL against San Jose. Cale Makar scored his 10th goal, tying the franchise record for a rookie blueliner set by Jon-Michael Liles in 2003-04.

• The Blues and their No. 4 power play have scored with the man advantage in four straight games and in six of the last seven (7-for-20) while the Avalanche are 1-for-16 in their past six contests.

5/10
Confidence
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Colorado Avalanche
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