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(22-15-4) Ottawa Senators vs. St. Louis Blues (23-16-5)
Date: Tuesday, January 17th
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Blues -160
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: OFF
NHL Betting Total: 5.5
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The Ottawa Senators, who currently find themselves outside of the playoff picture, travel to St. Louis to face a Blues team that has failed to replicate last season’s success.
Ottawa Senators
The Senators might be the 4th-best team in the Atlantic Division, but six of the current playoff spots in the Eastern Conference are occupied by Metropolitan teams.
If the Sens want to have a shot at the postseason, they’re going to have to string together some wins during the second half.
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With a sub-par offense and a mediocre defense, Ottawa hasn’t been anything to write home about this year.
They’ve had to juggle a goaltending carousel and have been forced to lean on Mike Condon for the last month.
Condon wasn’t very good filling in for Carey Price in Montreal last season, but he’s had to answer the call in Ottawa with Craig Anderson and Andrew Hammond both being out of the lineup.
The Senators have also been incredibly streaky over the last month. From Dec. 10 until Jan. 7, Ottawa lost four, won four and lost three.
They need to be more consistent if they want to make the postseason, but they haven’t proven that they can do that yet.
St. Louis Blues
Despite possessing a putrid record away from home, the Blues traveled to California and beat the Ducks and Sharks by a combined score of 6-1 during the last two games of their road trip.
Now, they’ll return home for two more before hitting the road for three games. They need to win games like this in order to pose a legitimate threat in the West.
The Blues are third in the highly competitive Central Division but find themselves eight points behind second-place Chicago.
It will be tough for them to close that gap, but St. Louis has proven itself to be capable since Ken Hitchcock became their head coach.
Jake Allen needs to be better if the Blues want to make that run. Since making him their No. 1 goaltender in the offseason, Allen has not lived up to expectations.
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Not by a long shot. Allen has a record of 17-11-3 but his GAA is far too high at 2.76, and his save percentage is at exactly .900.
That’s not good enough for the Blues, and he needs to get it together before Hitchcock decides to make backup goalie Carter Hutton the No. 1 guy.
After all, Hutton was the one who surrendered just one goal against the Ducks and Sharks while Allen rode the bench.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Senators are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games.
- Senators are 9-5-2 vs. the Western Conference.
- Blues are 16-5-4 at home.
- Blues are 1-4 in Jake Allen’s last four home starts.
Free Ottawa Senators vs. St. Louis Blues NHL Hockey Prediction:
With Jake Allen struggling between the pipes, making the change to Carter Hutton seems like a strong possibility, especially because he’s been playing so well. If Allen gets the start in this one, I’d feel much better about taking the Senators.
Ottawa has played pretty well against Western Conference foes this season, and there is some serious value in taking the Senators in this spot.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Ottawa +144
While this game could go either way, I’ll side with Ottawa strictly for the value.
NHL Free Score Prediction: Ottawa 3 – St. Louis 2
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