NHL FREE BETTING TIP: Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis Blues

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After playing in the Stanley Cup final last season, the Montreal Canadiens has dropped to become the worst team in the NHL. Currently, they are at the bottom of the standings with an 8-33-7 record.

The Canadiens still haven’t won in 2022 and have lost 10 consecutive games. They are coming off a 5-3 home loss to the Buffalo Sabres. Mike Hoffman, Jeff Petry and Joel Armia scored for Montreal.

The Canadiens are 5-17-1 at home. Montreal averages 10.7 penalty minutes per game, the fourth-most in the league. Michael Pezzetta leads the team serving 68 total minutes.

Nicholas Suzuki has 28 total points for the Canadiens, nine goals and 19 assists. Mike Hoffman has 6 points over the last 10 games for Montreal.

The St. Louis Blues are third in the Western Conference with a 28-14-5 record. They are coming off back-to-back wins over Chicago and Ottawa scoring 5 goals in each of these games.

The Blues are 10-8-3 on the road. St. Louis is fourth in the league averaging 6.3 assists per game, led by Robert Thomas with 0.8.

Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Blues with 44 points, scoring 18 goals and collecting 26 assists. Brayden Schenn has had eight goals over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

Key facts

• Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Louie Belpedio, Gianni Fairbrother and David Savard will not play for Montreal
• Marco Scandella is injured for the Blues
• St. Louis has won 23 of the last 32 games going in as favorites
• Montreal has lost 21 of the last 26 games against a team with a winning record

A coaching change in Montreal hasn’t brought anything new as they haven’t won from December and have lost 10 straight games and the last 7 at home. They are the worst team in the league with 4 goals allowed per game while they score only 2.2. On the other side, the Blues have climbed to the third spot in the West. St. Louis is the fifth-best scoring team in the league with 3.5 goals per game and seventh-best defensively with only 2.7 conceded goals per game. The gap between these two teams is so big that the Blues will win this one easily probably with at least two goals difference.

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St. Louis Blues -3.5

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