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Boston vs. St. Louis: NHL Match Prediction
In the only evening game of the NHL regular season, Boston and St. Louis will meet on November 16. Both teams are unlikely to be happy with their position in the standings and are in dire need of points. The Bruins suffered a crushing defeat from Dallas in Texas, and the Blues have not been able to win for four games in a row. The clubs recently played each other in Missouri, and then the Bears celebrated success, having recovered from a score of 0:2. Will the Musicians take revenge at TD Garden? We tell you in the forecast for the confrontation
Command Analysis
Boston Bruins
USACurrent form
Boston is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference and has earned a total of 18 points. The team has not been distinguished by stable results this season and, as a rule, cannot win more than two victories in a row. In the last home series, the Bruins beat Calgary (4:3, OT), but a day later they could not cope with the pressure of Ottawa (2:3, OT). Before returning home, the Bears won in St. Louis (3:2), but then suffered a crushing defeat in Texas (2:7). By the seventh minute of the meeting with Dallas, Jim Montgomery charges were down two goals and were unable to fully return to the fight for a positive result.
The Bears are playing terribly on offense and have only made 11 accurate shots in the last five games. David Pastrnak often tries to get points for his teammates on his own, he has 17 (8+9) points in the goal+pass system. The home team captain is looking extremely poor so far. Brad Marchand has only made 13 effective actions (5+8) and is not in the best shape.
Boston often fails in defense and has a negative goal difference of 45:61. Jeremy Swayman has been playing poorly this season and has only saved 88.83% of shots on his own possessions. In 13 games, the goalie has only recorded one shutout and may soon give up his role as number one to Jonas Korpisalo.
Disqualifications and injuries
Hampus Lindholm and Andrew Piki will not take part in the upcoming fight due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- Boston has a 22-19 lead in goals scored and goals allowed in the second period.
The Bruins are playing their best second period and scoring a lot in it.
- The Bruins have a 74.3% power play neutralization rate.
The team is one of the worst in the league in terms of power play and plays poorly when short-handed.
St. Louis Blues
USACurrent form
St. Louis is in 12th place in the West and cannot get out of the bottom of the conference table. The visitors now have only 15 points after 17 games. Drew Bannister team has lost four games in a row and won only two games in the first half of November. The Blues started the last home series successfully and won against Toronto (4:2) and Tampa Bay (3:2), after which they lost in regulation time to Utah (2:4), Washington (1:8) and Boston (2:3). At the beginning of the away tour, the Musicians already suffered a defeat in Buffalo from the local Sabres (3:4, OT). The club from Missouri twice led in the match against the Blades, but could not finish off the opponent and conceded in overtime.
Brayden Schenn team has been terrible defensively of late, allowing 20 goals in just five of their last starts. Jordan Binnington has a pretty poor save percentage, currently sitting at 3.31. The Canadian has stopped just .8840 shots on goal and hasn't recorded a single shutout in the first month and a half of the new season.
Jordan Kairu leads the St. Louis offense and has scored points in six straight games. The forward has contributed to 15 goals for his team (5+10) and is four points ahead of Pavel Buchnevich (5+6).
Disqualifications and injuries
Philippe Broberg, Torey Krug, Nick Leddy and Robert Thomas will not be in Boston on Saturday. Pierre-Olivier Joseph is questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- Statistically, St. Louis takes at least 25 shots on goal
The visitors are playing poorly in attack and are unable to put enough pressure on the opposing goalkeepers.
- On average, the "musicians" allow 3.47 goals per away game
The Blues are weak on the road defensively and usually allow their opponents to score at least three times.
Trends
Bet 1st period: total under 1.5 goals
In three of Boston previous five games, the first period was scoreless.
1.90Bet 2nd period: Boston will score
The Bears have scored in the second period against St. Louis in three of four games.
1.37Tip and bets
Boston doesn't look that formidable and is only closing out the top eight in the East. However, the Bears have lost only two games in November in regulation time and have been playing well in Massachusetts lately. St. Louis is missing a lot of goals and hasn't been the best offensively. The teams recently met in Missouri and the Blues let a two-goal lead slip away. We don't think the hosts will have any big problems and won't be able to beat the Musicians in regulation time. We suggest taking the first win within 60 minutes.
Prediction - Boston win for 1.77
Bet on individual total
St. Louis is scoring just 2.53 goals per game this season and hasn't allowed more than two goals in a game in four games in a row. Boston hasn't been particularly good in Massachusetts, but the Bears have been a little better defensively there. We expect Jeremy Swayman to be at his best and hasn't allowed more than two goals.
We take the individual total of "St. Louis" under 2.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.65
Total Bet
The recent match between the teams was not very entertaining and the opponents managed to score only five goals between them. Both teams have problems converting their chances and try to build their game from defense. We believe that the clubs will try to play reliably on their half of the court. We will play a bet on the total under.
We bet on a total of less than six goals with a coefficient of 1.62
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