The Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Enterprise Center. The Edmonton Oilers look to get a game above a .500 record. The St. Louis Blues look to build on their 3-1 record.
The Edmonton Oilers are averaging 3.67 goals per game and are scoring on 35 percent of their power play opportunities. Connor McDavid leads Edmonton with 5 goals, Leon Draisaitl has 8 assists and Evander Kane has 30 shots on goal. Defensively, the Edmonton Oilers are allowing 3.33 goals per game and are killing 74.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jack Campbell has allowed 15 goals on 143 shots faced, and Stuart Skinner has given up 3 goals on 54 shots.
The St. Louis Blues are averaging 2.75 goals per game and are scoring on 22.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Justin Faulk leads St. Louis with 3 goals, Vladimir Tarasenko has 4 assists, and Jordan Kyrou has 14 shots on goal. Defensively, the St. Louis Blues are allowing 2.25 goals per game and are killing 100 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jordan Binnington has allowed 5 goals on 83 shots faced, and Thomas Greiss has given up 3 goals on 42 shots.
The Oilers are 5-1 in their last 6 Wednesday games and 3-7 in their last 10 overall. The Blues are 4-1 in their last 5 Wednesday games and 21-10 in their last 31 overall. The over is 4-1 in Oilers last 5 road games. The over is 6-1 in Blues last 7 Wednesday games. The Oilers are 5-14 in the last 19 meetings in St. Louis and 12-27 in the last 39 meetings.
The Edmonton Oilers are probably the more talented team here, so you can understand being in the favorite role, but the St. Louis Blues are a rock solid team that usually makes you money in the underdog ole. You also don’t often get the Blues in the underdog role, especially at home. The Blues have also beaten up on the Edmonton Oilers over the years. Toss up contest. I’ll grab the plus money with the home team.