Red Wings at Blues 3/21/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Adam |

Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:16 AM ET

The Detroit Red Wings look for their third straight victory on Thursday when they visit the St. Louis Blues. The Red Wings defeated the New York Rangers on Tuesday 3-2. In the win, Andreas Athanasiou scored two goals and Frans Nielsen scored one. Athanasiou has 28 goals on the season. Jimmy Howard made 41 saves in net for Detroit.

St. Louis was a 7-2 winner over the Edmonton Oilers in its last outing Tuesday night. The Blues Jaden Schwartz posted a hat trick and one assist, while David Perron scored a pair of goals and assisted on two others in the St. Louis rout of the Oilers. Also scoring for the Blues were Pat Maroon and Alex Pietrangelo.
Andreas Athanasiou leads Detroit in goals scored with 28. Dylan Larkin leads the Red Wings in assists with 35 and in points with 62. Goalie Jimmy Howard is 19-20-5 with a goals against of 3.05 and a save percentage of .908. Detroit is 26th in goals scored per game at 2.67 and 28th in goals against at 3.34.

Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Blues in goals scored with 28. Ryan O’Reilly leads in assists with 43 and points scored with 69. Goalie Jordan Binnington is 18-4-1 with a goals against average of 1.78 and save percentage of .930. St. Louis is 18th in goals scored per game at 2.92 and 6th in goals against at 2.71.

St. Louis has played well on its home ice winning 8 of the last 10. In addition, the Blues have won 8 of the last 11 versus Eastern Conference opponents, 17 of the last 25 overall and 8 of the last 10 at home when favored. The Red Wings on the other hand have lost 36 of the last 52 overall. Final Score Prediction, St. Louis Blues win 5-2.

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