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(NHL) St. Louis vs. San Jose,
Total: 6.00 | -105.00 Over
Result: Loss
Total: 6.00 | -105.00 Over
Result: Loss
Only the Sharks could score six goals - and lose. That's what happened when these two teams last met on Feb. 27. St. Louis edged the Sharks, 7-6.
Now I'm certainly not expecting a repeat of 13 goals to be scored. But it's not overly optimistic thinking to believe at least six goals will be produced.
San Jose, after all, is the worst defensive team in the NHL giving up 3.9 goals per game. The Blues also didn't have prolific goal scorer Vladimir Tarasenko for that game. Tarasenko made his season debut this past Saturday against the Kings and looked good playing on the first power play unit, firing off four shots and logging 16:25 of ice time.
St. Louis already is a top-10 scoring team even missing Tarasenko, who was recovering from a shoulder injury. The Blues have scored 3 or more goals in each of their last five games. San Jose has one of the least effective goalie tandems in Martin Jones and Devan Dubnyk.
The Sharks, though, dominated and flustered Blues goalie Jordan Binnington in that crazy Feb. 27 game scoring four goals on 19 shots before Binnington was yanked. An irate Binnington charged three Sharks players on his way off the ice. Don't think the Sharks have forgotten about that.
St. Louis is below average defensively. The Sharks have been hit or miss lately on offense, but they have scored 4 or more goals in four of their last seven games.
Now I'm certainly not expecting a repeat of 13 goals to be scored. But it's not overly optimistic thinking to believe at least six goals will be produced.
San Jose, after all, is the worst defensive team in the NHL giving up 3.9 goals per game. The Blues also didn't have prolific goal scorer Vladimir Tarasenko for that game. Tarasenko made his season debut this past Saturday against the Kings and looked good playing on the first power play unit, firing off four shots and logging 16:25 of ice time.
St. Louis already is a top-10 scoring team even missing Tarasenko, who was recovering from a shoulder injury. The Blues have scored 3 or more goals in each of their last five games. San Jose has one of the least effective goalie tandems in Martin Jones and Devan Dubnyk.
The Sharks, though, dominated and flustered Blues goalie Jordan Binnington in that crazy Feb. 27 game scoring four goals on 19 shots before Binnington was yanked. An irate Binnington charged three Sharks players on his way off the ice. Don't think the Sharks have forgotten about that.
St. Louis is below average defensively. The Sharks have been hit or miss lately on offense, but they have scored 4 or more goals in four of their last seven games.
