St Louis Blues vs Boston Bruins Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/12/2022

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Venue:  TD Garden, Boston, MA

Where to Watch:  SNP

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Blues +130, Bruins -150; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Blues +130, Bruins -150; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Blues +130, Bruins -150; Over/Under:  6 goals

 

St Louis Blues:  42-20-10 (3rd place, Central Division)

Boston Bruins:  45-22-5 (4th place, Atlantic Division)

 

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St Louis Blues:  7-2-1 last 10

Boston Bruins:  7-3-0 last 10

 

 

 

The Blues are coming into this game with 94 points, a 42-20-10 record overall, and they are 17-11-6 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 7 of their last 8 games and are coming into this one on a 5 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Edmonton Oilers while their 7 wins in that span came against the Vancouver Canucks twice, the Calgary Flames, the Arizona Coyotes, the Seattle Kraken, the Minnesota Wild, and the New York Islanders in their last game. They won that game at home 6-1. Justin Faulk scored 2 goals in that game while Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert Thomas, Ivan Barbashev, and Nick Leddy each scored 1 goal in that one. Justin Faulk led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Jordan Binnington was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 31 shots with 30 saves and a .968 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 264 goals this season averaging 3.7 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 207 goals against them allowing 2.9 goals per game. 

 

 

The Bruins are coming into this game with 95 points, a 45-22-5 record overall, and they are 22-11-2 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Tampa Bay Lightning while their 2 losses in that span came against the Detroit Red Wings and the Washington Capitals in their last game. They lost that game on the road 4-2. Erik Haula and Curtis Lazar each scored 1 goal in that game. Brad Marchand led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Linus Ullmark was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 32 shots with 29 saves and a .906 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 226 goals this season averaging 3.1 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 195 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game. 

 

 

The Blues have been playing very well coming into this game. They have been heating up a lot recently with 5 straight wins and they have also won 7 of their last 8 games. They have been winning a lot of their games by 2 or more goals as well and they are coming off of a very good win at home against the Islanders, winning that one 6-1. They have also played their last 4 games at home though and they have not been as good in their recent games on the road. They are going up against a Bruins side that has been very good at home this season and has also been playing well coming into this game. The Bruins have won 4 of their last 6 games and even though they have struggled in a few games recently, those games were on the road and they have been much better at home. They have won 6 of their last 7 games and they are coming off of a close loss in their last game which they will be trying to bounce back from. This is the perfect team to snap the winning streak for the Blues and the Bruins will do it here, winning this game.

 

Blues Bruins Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Tuesday, April 12, 2022 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Bruins 4 Blues 2.

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St Louis Blues: 113-99 (-17.3u) ML in all games. 29-35 (-9.9u) ML in a road game where the total is 5.5. 20-9 UNDER after playing 2 straight games where 7 or more total goals were scored.

Boston Bruins: 35-18 (+8.6u) ML after 5 straight games with 30 or more shots on goal. 11-2 (+9.2u) off a road loss. 28-9 UNDER off a road loss.

 

 

St Louis Blues:  T. Bozak (C) Late April - Lower Body injury. M. MacEachern (LW) Ques Tues - Upper Body injury. T. Krug (D) Out indefinitely - Hand injury. S. Perunovich (D) Early May - Wrist injury.

Boston Bruins:  M. Grzelcyk (D) Ques Tues - Upper Body injury. H. Lindholm (D) Ques Tues - Lower Body injury. D. Pastrnak (RW) Ques Tues - Undisclosed injury. J. Zboril (D) out for season - Knee injury.

 

 

 

“I know you have to get back to work and hold yourself accountable. It is what it is. I will say that it helps that the team has been winning hockey games. I have to look in the mirror and use this time to my advantage.” - Jordan Binnington after their win against the Islanders on Saturday night.

 

 

“We’ve had some issues where there’s stuff we’ll continue to try to coach into our group. But at some point, the execution will turn because they’re good players and they have produced on the power play." - Bruce Cassidy after his team’s loss against the Capitals on Sunday.

 

 

 

LW Saad, Brandon

C O'Reilly, Ryan

RW Perron, David

LD Scandella, Marco

RD Parayko, Colton

G Binnington, Jordan

 

LW Marchand, Brad

C Bergeron, Patrice

RW DeBrusk, Jake

LD Forbort, Derek

RD McAvoy, Charlie

G Ullmark, Linus

 

 

Points: J. Kyrou (65)

Goals: V. Tarasenko (26)

Assists: R. Thomas (47)

GAA: V. Husso (2.38)

 

Points: B. Marchand (72)

Goals: D. Pastrnak (38)

Assists: C. McAvoy (44)

GAA: J.Swayman (2.28)

 

Coaches:

St Louis Blues: Craig Berube (4th season)

Boston Bruins: Bruce Cassidy (6th season)