Canadians at Blues 1/10/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Montreal Canadians look for a second straight victory on Thursday when they visit the St. Louis Blues. The Canadians defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Tuesday as Joel Armia and Brendan Gallagher scored goals just 66 seconds apart during the second period and Jeff Petry scored 19 seconds into the third period.

St. Louis enters this matchup off a 3-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. St. Louis gave up three Dallas goals before scoring its only goal by David Perron during the second period. St. Louis nevertheless is 11-5-1 over its last 17 against the Stars. The loss was the Blues’ fifth in their last seven at home. Brendan Gallagher leads the Canadians in goals scored with 16. Max Domi is the assists leader with 25 and points leader with 39. Goalie Carey Price is 16-12-4 with a goals against of 2.71 and a save percentage of .909. Montreal is 14th in goals scored per game at 3.00 and 19th in goals against at 3.07.

Ryan O’Reilly leads the Blues in goals scored with 16, in assists with 24 and points scored with 40. Goalie Jake Allen is 14-14-4 with a goals against average of 3.07and save percentage of .896. St. Louis is 21st in goals scored per game at 2.78 and 23rd in goals against at 3.20.