St. Louis Blues (27-29-5) vs. Los Angeles Kings (35-20-8)
The 2022-23 NHL season goes on with a 10-game Thursday card and brings this Western Conference clash between the St. Louis Blues and the Los Angeles Kings at the Crypto.com Arena at 10:30 p.m. ET.
This is the second meeting between these teams this season. Los Angeles defeated St. Louis back on October 31, 5-1. The Kings were the underdogs (+111) with the total set at 6.0. The Los Angeles Kings enter this contest as the favorite at -220 and are at +1251 giving up 1.5 goals. The total is set at 6.5.
The St. Louis Blues knocked off the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, winning 6-3. This is the first of a three-game road trip and is good news considering the team had lost five straight games on the road. St. Louis is now 14-15-1 away from Missouri and has dropped to fifth in the Western Conference wildcard standings, 13 points behind the Winnipeg Jets.
St. Louis trailed 2-0 entering the second period, but scored four unanswered goals, including two on the power-play, then added two late in the third to seal the victory. Pavel Buchnevich had four assists, giving him eight points over his last five games. He is now tied for second on the team with 51 total points. St. Louis was 2-3 on the power play, moving to 20.7% overall, 19th in the NHL, and they are 20th at 3.05 goals per game.
Thomas Greiss, Logan Brown and Craig Berube share their thoughts on tonight's game and the turnaround after the first period. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/CMHccJ0rsm
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) March 3, 2023
Thomas Greiss stopped 22 shots in the victory. It will likely be Jordan Binnington getting the start on Saturday, who is 21-21-5 with a 3.29 goals-against average and a .895 save percentage. Binnington has given up four goals in three of his last five starts, allowing 18 total goals during that span. The Blues are now 28th in goals allowed per game (3.64) and 21st in penalty killing (76.7%).
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