The set-up: The 31-27-5 St. Louis Blues have fallen out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference thanks to a five-game losing streak. However, they should be able to pick up a win tonight in Colorado, where they will take on the NHL's worst team. The Avalanche are 17-43-3 on the season and the team's 37 points are 16 points fewer than the league's next-worst team, the Arizona Coyotes.

St. Louis: The Blues enter Sunday just one point behind the Kings for the West's final wild card spot, so it's not like it's time to panic. However, the Blues have to find a way to get the puck into an opponents net. St. Louis has totaled a woeful six goals during their five-game slide. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Blues with 28 goals but has neither a goal nor an assist in any of his last four games. This current slump has come out of nowhere, as the Blues were riding a five-game winning streak in February before three one-goal losses highlighted the recent slide.

Colorado: Saturday's 6-1 loss in Winnipeg means the Avs have lost 15 of their last 16 contests. Colorado is back at home tonight and will be playing its first home game since trading icon Jarome Iginla to Los Angeles. GM Joe Sakic didn't trade any of the team's core players, although there was interest in Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog. The fact that they could still be dealt in the offseason could weigh on their minds -- and the rest of the team -- in the final month of the season. Bootom line is this...The Avs are a mess!

The pick: Colorado ranks last in goals allowed at 3.29 per game but also ranks last in goal scored (1.97 per). The 6-1 loss at Winnipeg continued a familiar theme, as the Avs have now scored fewer than three goals in 12 of their last 13 games. With the Blues having scored just six goals over their last five games (all losses), the Under is a 10* play.