Blues at Flames 1/28/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The St. Louis Blues complete a back-to-back on Tuesday when visiting the Calgary Flames after playing on the road Monday against the Vancouver Canucks. St Louis is 30-11-8 with 68 points following its 5-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche. The Blues are leading the Central division by six points over second place Colorado, but have to bounce back following two straight losses prior to the break.

David Perrone leads the Blues with 21 goals and 49 points, while Ryan O'Reilly is the assists leader with 34. St Louis is scoring an average of 3.22 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.67 goals per game. Jordan Binnington is 22-8-5 in goal for St. Louis with a goals-against average of 2.58 and save percentage of .912.

Calgary returns from the  All-Star Game break at 26-19-5 with 57 points. The Flames lost their last outing 5-2 to the Ottawa Senators. Calgary is in a second place tie in the Pacific Division with three other teams Edmonton, Arizona and Vegas trailing the Vancouver Canucks by one point. Calgary lost two of its last three leading up to the All-Star Game. 

Elias Lindholm is the leading scorer for Calgary with 20 goals, while Johnny Gaudreau is the assist leader with 25 and Matthew Tkachuk is the points leader with 38. The Flames are scoring an average of 2.60 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.94 goals per game. David Rittich is 19-12-5 in goal for Calgary with a goals-against average of 2.77 and save percentage of .913.