Blues at Predators 2/16/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The St. Louis Blues conclude a home-and-home back-to-back with the Nashville Predators on Sunday when visiting Nashville after playing the Predators on Saturday at home. The Blues are 32-15-10 with 74 points following a 6-5 loss in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. St Louis leads the Central Division by two points.

David Perrone is the leading goal scorer for St Louis with 23 and leads the Blues in points with 55, while Ryan O'Reilly is the assists leader with 41. St Louis is scoring an average of 3.19 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.86 goals per game. In net, Jordan Binnington is 24-10-7 with a goals-against average of 2.74 and save percentage of .909. 

Nashville improved to 27-22-7 and 61 points following a 5-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night before visiting the Blues on Saturday and returning home on Sunday to host St. Louis. Craig Smith scored a hat-trick for the Predators while Juuse Saros stopped all 31 shots he faced in net in the Predators shutout over the Islanders.

Filip Forsberg is the leading goal scorer for Nashville with 18 while Roman Josi leads the Predators in assists with 42 and points with 56. Nashville is scoring an average of 3.23 goals per game and allowing an average of almost the same at 3.21 goals per game. In net, Pekka Rinne is 17-13-3 with a goals-against average of 3.11 and save percentage of .895.