Colorado Avalanche (63-20-7) vs St. Louis Blues (54-26-12)
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 8:00 pm
This is a play on the ST. LOUIS BLUES for our NHL Central Division Game of the Month. We lost with St. Louis in both Game Three and Game Four and both were nearly identical as the Blues jumped out to 1-0 leads in both games and then were outscored 3-0 in Game Two and 4-0 in Game Four and could not recover in either game. The Blues are in a tough hole now as they have to win three straight including two on the road but they have shown they can do it here. Overall, the Blues have accounted for two of the six home Colorado defeats as it won the first meeting of the season and Game Two of this series and St. Louis is 2-4-1 in the seven meetings with four of those being on the road. St. Louis is 10-3 in its last 13 road games playing with double revenge while going 10-2 in its last 12 games after allowing six or more goals. The Avalanche have taken control with an offense that is one of the best in the NHL and after accounting for 11 goals in the two games in St. Louis, they have some momentum heading back home and the line is accounting for that. Colorado is 35-6-2-2 at home and have absolutely dominated but this is the matchup that has given it the most trouble. Despite the record difference, the offensive and defensive splits are extremely similar and St. Louis have been very good in these spots this season even though this is a much different and important situation. Colorado is just 1-8 in the power play in this series and this is where the Blues have to continue to control. Here, we play on road teams against the money line off two consecutive losses of two goals or more to division rivals going up against an opponent off two or more consecutive road wins. This situation is 22-9 (71 percent) since 1996. 10* (63) St. Louis Blues