St. Louis Blues at Edmonton Oilers 10/22/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The St Louis Blues look for their third consecutive victory to open the regular season when visiting the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. St.Louis is 2-0-0 with four points and defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday. Justin Faulk scored the game winner 2:50 into the extra period, which was Faulk’s second goal of the game. Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn each scored one goal for St. Louis.

Vladimir Tarasenko and Justin Faulk are the leading goal scorers for St Louis with two each. Tarasenko is the leader in assists with three and in points with five. In goal, Jordan Binnington is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.46 and save percentage of .917. St Louis scores an average of 4.50 goals per game and allows an average of 2.50 goals per game. The St Louis power-play scores 16.7% of the time and its penalty-kill unit has been successful 100% of the time.

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Edmonton looks for its second consecutive victory on Saturday when hosting St Louis. The Oilers are 2-2-0 with four points following a 6-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each scored one goal and added three assists in the victory for the Oilers. The win snapped a two-game losing streak for Edmonton. The Oilers are tied for fourth in the Pacific Division.

Connor McDavid is the leading goal scorer for Edmonton with five and the leader in points with 10, while Leon Draisaitl is the leader in assists with six. In goal, Jack Campbell is 2-1-0 with a goals against average of 5.08 and save percentage of .874. Edmonton is scoring an average of 4.00 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.75 goals per game. Edmonton's power play scores 37.5% of the time and its penalty-kill unit has been successful 76.2% of the time.