Arizona Coyotes at St. Louis Blues 2/20/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 02/19/2020 at 9:49 PM ET

The Arizona Coyotes will play the back half of a back-to-back when visiting the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Arizona is on the road Wednesday against the Dallas Stars before heading off to St. Louis. The Coyotes improved to 30-24-8 and 68 points following a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders Monday. Antti Raanta made 25 saves for the Coyotes while Conor Garland scored his 20th goal of the season in the victory. 

Conor Garland is the leading goal scorer for Arizona with 20, while Nick Schmaltz is the assists leader with 32 and points leader with 40. Arizona is scoring an average of 2.69 goals-per-game and allowing slightly less at 2.63 goals-per-game. In net, Antti Raanta is 13-13-3 with a goals-against average of 2.70 and save percentage of .919.

St Louis looks for its second straight victory on Thursday when hosting the Arizona Coyotes. The Blues improved to 33-17-10 and 76 points following a 3-0 victory on Tuesday over the New Jersey Devils. Ivan Barbashev scored a pair of goals as St Louis snapped its five-game losing streak and took over sole possession of first place in the Central division by two points over Dallas.

David Perron is the leading goal scorer for St Louis with 23 and the points leader with 56. Ryan O'Reilly leads the Blues in assists with 41. St Louis is scoring an average of 3.15 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.82 goals per game. In net, Jordan Binnington is 24-11-7 with a goals-against average of 2.72 and save percentage of .909.

Arizona will be playing the second half of back-to-back after playing on the road against the Dallas Stars Wednesday before heading to St Louis to face the Blues on Thursday. On the road, Arizona has lost five of its last six. St Louis will have momentum entering this matchup as the Blues snapped their five-game losing streak on Tuesday and will be well rested against the road weary Coyotes. Final Score Prediction, St. Louis Blues win 3-1.

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