Game: 7:00PM St. Louis Blues vs. New York Islanders
Play On: OVER 5.5
Current Line: St. Louis -130
Over/Under: 5.5
Reason: The St. Louis Blues and the New York Islanders will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Nassau Coliseum.
Oddsmakers currently have the Blues listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Islanders, while the game's total is sitting at 5½.
The Blues were pounded 7-3 by the Avalanche last time out, as +110 underdogs. That game's 10 goals sailed OVER the posted over/under (5.5).
Alex Steen scored a pair of goals for the Blues, and David Perron added the other goal in the loss.
Bruno Gervais recorded two assists for New York in its 3-2 loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
Philadelphia cashed as -260 home favorites, while the teams played UNDER the 5.5-goal total listed by oddsmakers.
Current streak:
New York has lost 3 straight games.
Team records:
St. Louis: 30-26-9
New York: 26-32-8
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 1-9
Before playing Tampa Bay are 2-2-1
After playing Colorado are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4
New York most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing New Jersey are 5-5
After playing Philadelphia are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 8 of St. Louis's last 9 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of the NY Islanders last 9 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the NY Islanders last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 12 of the NY Islanders last 17 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the NY Islanders last 6 games
Next up:
St. Louis at Columbus, Saturday, March 13
NY Islanders home to New Jersey, Saturday, March 13
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