Seattle Kraken vs St Louis Blues Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/06/2022

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Venue:  Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO 

Where to Watch:  BSMW

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Kraken +190, Blues -240; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Kraken +200, Blues -250; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Kraken +200, Blues -250; Over/Under:  6 goals

 

Seattle Kraken:  22-41-6 (8th place, Pacific Division)

St Louis Blues:  39-20-10 (3rd place, Central Division)

 

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Seattle Kraken:  5-4-1 last 10

St Louis Blues:  5-3-2 last 10

 

 

 

The Kraken are coming into this game with 50 points, a 22-41-6 record overall, and they are 10-21-3 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a win in their last game which snapped a 2 game losing streak that they were on. Their 2 losses in that span were against the Vegas Golden Knights twice while their win came against the Dallas Stars in their last game. They won that game at home 4-1. Karson Kuhlman, Ryan Donato, Yanni Gourde, and Jared McCann all scored 1 goal each in that one. Ryan Donato, Yanni Gourde, Vince Dunn, and Daniel Sprong all led the team in shots on goal in that one with 3 each. Chris Driedger was the starting goaltender in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 30 shots with 29 saves and a .967 save percentage. Their offense has scored 182 goals this season averaging 2.6 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 242 goals against them allowing 3.5 goals per game. 

 

 

The Blues are coming into this game with 88 points, a 39-20-10 record overall, and they are 22-9-4 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 4 of their last 5 games and are coming into this one on a 2 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Edmonton Oilers while their 4 wins in that span came against the Vancouver Canucks twice, the Calgary Flames, and the Arizona Coyotes in their last game. They won that game on the road 5-1. Vladimir Tarasenko scored 2 goals while Pavel Buchnevich, Ivan Barbashev, and Brayden Schenn all scored 1 goal each in that one. Pavel Buchnevich, Vladimir Tarasenko, Jordan Kyrou, Colton Parayko, and Alexei Toropchenko all led the team in shots on goal in that one with 3 each. Ville Husso was the starting goaltender in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 22 shots with 21 saves and a .955 save percentage. Their offense has scored 250 goals this season averaging 3.6 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 202 goals against them allowing 2.9 goals per game. 

 

 

The Blues are coming into this game playing very well in their recent games. They have won 4 of their last 5 games and they have won against some very good opponents in that span. They are coming off of a massive 5-1 win on the road and even 3 of their last 4 wins have been by 2 or more goals. The Blues have also been great at home this season and have played much better there than in their away games. They are going up against a Kraken team here that has not been playing well recently and has been awful on the road this season. The Kraken have lost 2 of their last 3 games but they have lost plenty more recently and they currently sit at the bottom of their division with how bad they have been this season. It is still their first season as a franchise but they have also been a team that has been much better at home all season but plays really bad when they go on the road. The Blues are just starting to heat up now and they have had a very good home record all season. They will take advantage of a Kraken team that is not good on the road and the Blues will win this game by 2 or more goals at home.

 

Kraken Blues Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Wednesday, April 6, 2022 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Blues 4 Kraken 1.

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Seattle Kraken: 22-47 (-23.3u) in all games. 5-16 (-13.3u) off a win or tie in their previous game. 39-26 OVER in all games. 

St Louis Blues: 66-43 (+8.5u) off a win or tie in their previous game. 31-18 (+6.8u) after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game. 37-28 OVER after a 2 game unbeaten streak.

 

 

Seattle Kraken:  J. Schwartz (LW) Out indefinitely - Upper Body injury. H. Fleury (D) Out indefinitely - Upper Body injury. B. Tanev (LW) out for season - Knee injury.

St Louis Blues:  L. Brown (C) Ques Wed - Illness. T. Bozak (C) Out indefinitely - Lower Body injury. T. Krug (D) Out indefinitely - Upper Body injury. S. Perunovich (D) Early May - Wrist injury.

 

 

 

“Frustration is the easiest way to put it. Things haven't really been going our way this year with bounces or anything like that. I just feel like it kind of boiled over tonight. Obviously I don't do that very often.” - Jared McCann on their loss against the Golden Knights on Friday night.

 

 

“We had good sticks tonight I thought. I thought our D-zone coverage other than the one goal was pretty solid all around. You know, we didn’t give them a whole lot around our net.” - Craig Berube on his team’s win against the Coyotes on Monday night.

 

 

 

LW Donato, Ryan

C Wennberg, Alexander

RW Eberle, Jordan

LD Dunn, Vince

RD Larsson, Adam

G Driedger, Chris

 

LW Saad, Brandon

C O'Reilly, Ryan

RW Perron, David

LD Scandella, Marco

RD Parayko, Colton

G Husso, Ville

 

 

Points: Y. Gourde (40)

Goals: J. McCann (25)

Assists: Y. Gourde (23)

GAA: C. Driedger (3.05)

 

Points: J. Kyrou (62)

Goals: V. Tarasenko (25)

Assists: R. Thomas (44)

GAA: V. Husso (2.41)

 

Coaches:

Seattle Kraken: Dave Hakstol (1st season)

St Louis Blues: Craig Berube (4th season)