This is a 10* TOP TOTAL on the UNDER Blues/Avs.

I had a play on the UNDER in Game 4, and while that play came up short in the Avalanches 6-3 victory, I believe with the shift in venue here again that we're in store for a much more defensive affair in Game 5.

It's do or die for the Blues today. They're down 3-1 in the series, and I believe the only way they can get back into this series is to lean heavily on their tough defensive play, and the play of Jordan Binnington in net, and wait for the Avs to make the first mistake.

The last two games in St. Louis both went OVER the number, but the two games to start with here in Colorado both went UNDER.

Colorado won the first game by a score of 3-2 in overtime, before the Blues won the second by a score of 4-1.

Both teams finished in the top ten on the defensive end during the regular season and in this all important Game 5, where the Blues can hopefully extend the series, or Colorado can end it, I see it unfolding much the same way that Game's 1 and 2 did as far as the pace of play and the overall final combined score.

The play is the UNDER.

Good luck, NP