St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild 5/10/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The St. Louis Blues visit the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday for Game 5 of their NHL Western Conference first-round best of seven series. The series is tied at 2-2 after St Louis defeated Minnesota 5-2 in Game 4 on Sunday. Jordan Binnington stopped 28 of 30 shots he faced in goal while David Perron and Jordan Kyrou each scored two goals and Ryan O’Reilly scored one.

During the postseason, David Perron is the leading goal scorer for St Louis with five, while Jordan Kyrou and Ryan O’Reilly have scored three goals each. The leaders in assists are O’Reilly and Torey Krug with three apiece. Perron is the leader in overall points with seven and O’Reilly has six. Jordan Binnington is 1-0 with a goals-against average of 2.00 and save percentage of .930.

Minnesota looks to take a 3-2 lead in the series on Tuesday when it returns home. In Sunday's loss, Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov each scored one goal for Minnesota. Marc Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots in goal for the Wild. Kaprizov, who in Game 2 scored a hat-trick for Minnesota which was the first in the playoffs in franchise history, has tied for the most goals (5) in any postseason series for the franchise.

Kirill Kaprizov is the leading goal scorer in the playoffs for Minnesota with five, while Joel Eriksson has scored three. The leader in assists is Ryan Hartman with five. The overall points leader is Kaprizov with six and Hartman and Eriksson are tied for second with five points each. Marc-Andre Fleury is 2-2 with a goals-against average of 2.76 and save percentage of .914.