St Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild 4/12/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The St Louis Blues look for their fourth consecutive victory when visiting the Minnesota Wild on Monday. St Louis is 19-16-6 with 44 points following a 3-2 victory over Minnesota on Saturday in overtime. St Louis has won each of the first two games out of this three-game series with the Wild after winning the opening game 9-1. St Louis is fourth in the West division seven points behind its closest competitor Minnesota and 14 points behind first-place Colorado.

Ryan O'Reilly is leading St. Louis in goals scored with 17, while David Perron is the leader in assists with 27 and points with 40. In goal, Jordan Binnington is 12-11-5 with a goals-against average of 2.65 and save percentage of .910. St Louis is scoring an average of 2.85 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.07 goals per game. The St Louis power play is scoring 18.5% of the time and the penalty kill unit has been successful 76.2% of the time.

Minnesota looks to snap a two-game losing streak when hosting St Louis for the third and final game of this series on Monday. Minnesota is 24-13-3 with 51 points following its loss to St Louis on Saturday. Minnesota is third in the West division three points behind second-place Vegas and seven points behind first-place Colorado. Prior to losing two straight to St Louis, Minnesota had won three of its last four.

Kirill Kaprizov is leading Minnesota in goals scored with 16 and points with 34, while Jordan Greenway is the leader in assists with 19. In goal, Cam Talbot is 12-6-3 with a goals-against average of 2.45, save percentage of .922 and two shutouts. Minnesota is scoring an average of 2.95 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.70 goals per game. Minnesota's power-play is scoring 15.1% of the time and the penalty-kill unit has been successful 84.0% of the time.