The Dallas Stars (45-21-14) open a home-and-home set with the St. Louis Blues (37-36-7) Wednesday at Enterprise Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. (TNT). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Stars vs. Blues odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
The Stars sit 1 point behind the Colorado Avalanche in the Central Division with 2 games remaining; Colorado lost 2-1 in overtime to the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday. Dallas has just this 2-game home-and-home series with St. Louis remaining while Colorado faces the Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators — 2 tough divisional foes – to close out the season. The Stars will be motivated to take this one and are playing solid hockey, going 7-2-1 over the last 10 games.
The Blues have also been playing well; albeit too late in the season as they’re already eliminated from the playoffs. However, they have something to play for, too, as they need a point in 1 of these games to avoid their 1st losing season since 2005-06. The Blues are 6-3-1 in the last 10.
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Stars at Blues odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 11:30 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Stars -165 (bet $165 to win $100) | Blues +140 (bet $100 to win $140)
- Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Stars -1.5 (+145) | Blues +1.5 (-175)
- Over/Under (O/U): 6.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Stars at Blues projected goalies
Jake Oettinger (36-11-11, 2.41 GAA, .948 SV%, 4 SO) vs. Jordan Binnington (27-26-6, 3.35 GAA, .892 SV%, 2 SO)
Oettinger stopped 12 of 13 shots fired his way Monday before he was pulled for the 3rd period with the 6-1 game out of reach against the Detroit Red Wings. The 24-year-old is 3-1-0 with a 1.62 GAA and .932 SV% in 4 April starts and really is one of the up-and-coming goalies to watch. He hasn’t faced St. Louis this year but went 1-1 and stopped 60 of 65 shots against them in 2022.
Binnington is 2-1-1 with a 2.70 GAA and .907 SV% in April. He’s closing out a rough season where the defense in front of him has been shoddy, and a couple of altercations have put a target on him in the media. He really has stood on his head to keep the team in games a lot this season, but he has allowed 2 goals or more in 26 straight outings. He took the loss and stopped 20 of 23 shots in a 4-1 loss to Dallas in November.
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Stars at Blues picks and predictions
Prediction
Stars 5, Blues 3
Moneyline
The Blues will put up a fight, but Dallas is too talented and has too much to lose to let this one go. The books agree and have priced the Stars at -165 on the road against a team playing well. You can take the ML if you think it goes to overtime, but I’ll PASS and look to the puck line.
Consider ANYTIME GOALSCORER: LW Jason Robertson (+105), too. He sits at 46 goals on the season, has 4 in the last 4 games and has scored in the last 3 games against St. Louis.
Puck line/Against the spread
Dallas is 24-16 on the puck line on the road this season, and St. Louis is 18-22 on the PL at home. Four of the last 5 Stars wins have been by multiple goals. The last 4 meetings between these teams have been 4-1 finals. The Blues are also tied for most empty-net goals allowed at 21.
STARS -1.5 (+145) feels like a winner.
Over/Under
We’ll buck some trends here because this should be an Over game. The Blues have scored 3 goals or more in 8 of the last 10 games and will come out firing in their last home game of the season.
The last 4 meetings between the teams have been 4-1 finals and the Under is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings overall and 4-0 in the last 4 in St. Louis. The Over has actually only hit twice in the last 10. However, St. Louis is a different team now and is scoring goals, going 8-2 O/U in the last 10. The Blues will push the Stars into another gear offensively.
LEAN OVER 6.5 (-105).
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