The St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks meet Sunday in NHL action at the United Center. The St. Louis Blues look for a win after winning five of their last seven games. The Chicago Blackhawks need a win after losing seven of their last 10 games.

The St. Louis Blues are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 26.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Jordan Kyrou leads St. Louis with 20 goals, Robert Thomas has 33 assists and Vladimir Tarasenko has 145 shots on goal. Defensively, the St. Louis Blues are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 84.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jordan Binnington has allowed 80 goals on 804 shots faced, and Ville Husso has given up 39 goals on 599 shots.

The Chicago Blackhawks are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 19.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Alex DeBrincat leads Chicago with 29 goals, Patrick Kane has 37 assists and Seth Jones has 126 shots on goal. Defensively, the Chicago Blackhawks are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 75.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 103 goals on 1,165 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 47 goals on 416 shots.

The Blues are 5-2 in their last 7 road games and 5-1 in their last 6 overall. The Blackhawks are 1-7 in their last 8 home games and 4-11 in their last 15 overall. The under is 13-3-1 in Blues last 17 Sunday games. The under is 4-1-1 in Blackhawks last 6 games as an underdog. The Blues are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings.

The St. Louis Blues are starting to heat up, they’ve been great in the favorite role, and they’re playing a Blackhawks side they’ve had great success against. The Chicago Blackhawks can’t get out of their own way right now, and playing at home hasn’t helped all that much. Two teams heading in different directions. Give me the Blues and the PL for max betting value.