Blues at Wild 2/17/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The St. Louis Blues will play the back half of a back-to-back on Sunday when they visit the Minnesota Wild. The Blues host the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday before heading off to Minnesota. St. Louis won its eighth straight game on Thursday after defeating Arizona 4-0. Jordan Binnington won his seventh consecutive game and Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals in the Blues win.

Minnesota will look to snap a three-game losing streak when it hosts the Blues on Sunday. The Wild lost to the New Jersey Devils 5-4 in overtime in their most recent outing on Friday. Minnesota was led in scoring in the loss by Brad Hunt with one goal and one assist, but the Devils scored 3:19 into the extra period to beat the Wild. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Blues in goals scored with 24. Ryan O’Reilly leads in assists with 36 and points scored with 57. Goalie Jordan Binnington is 11-1-1 with a goals against average of 1.69 and save percentage of .931. St. Louis is 15th in goals scored per game at 2.98 and 10th in goals against at 2.88.

Zach Parise leads the Wild in goals scored with 23 and points with 49. Mikael Granlund is the team leader in assists with 34. In goal Devan Dubnyk is 21-20-5 with a goals against of 2.67 and save percentage of .909. Minnesota is 24th in goals per game at 2.81 and 14th in goals against at 2.93.