The set-up: The St. Louis Blues have won 10 of 12 overall (10-1-1) since a five-game skid and are now 17-7-1 since Mike Yeo replaced Ken Hitchcock behind the bench at the beginning of February. The Blues are 41-28-6 overall and with 88 points, are 11 points inside the playoff cut line with just seven games left in the team's regular season. Can you say shoo-in? The Blues visit Arizona tonight to face the 27-40-9 Coyotes, who are mired in last place in the Pacific Division with just 63 points (only the Avalanche have fewer points among all NHL teams!). Arizona returns home off closing its five-game road trip with three straight losses, managing just one goal in each loss.

St. Louis: The Blues are 10-2-1 in March with 38 goals scored (2.92 per) and just 21 allowed (1.62 per). Goalie Jake Allen has a .951 save percentage this month and the power play (20 percent) hasn't missed a beat following a trade-deadline deal that sent power-play catalyst Kevin Shattenkirk to the Washington Capitals. As already noted, the Blues have all but wrapped up a wild card spot but they also have a chance to leapfrog Nashville for third place in the Central Division (or Calgary for the first wild-card spot). The Blues are just one-point back of the Predators with a game in hand following Nashville's 4-1 loss to Boston on Tuesday.

Arizona: The youth movement is in full swing for Arizona. Seven rookies in the lineup in St. Louis on Monday (all under the age of 21), including the team's top prospect Clayton Keller, who was the No. 7 overall pick in the 2016 draft and fresh out of Boston University. The Coyotes lost 4-1 to the Blues and now get a quick rematch at home. Wednesday's game could be one of the final four home games of Coyotes captain Shane Doan's 20-season career in Arizona, and 21-season run with the Jets/Coyotes franchise. Doan hasn't decided yet if he'll retire, adding that he will make that decision after the season with his family.

The pick: Nothing's "simple" in any sport but not only are the Blues one of the NHL's hottest teams with plenty of motivation to improve their playoff positioning, it's also very difficult to ignore the fact that St. Louis owns a 14-game point streak (13-0-1) against Arizona and has not lost in regulation to the Coyotes in nearly five years, dating to April 6, 2012.As for the matchup in goal? Mike Smith is expected to start for Arizona, despite a 4-14 career record against the Blues with a 3.52 GAA and .885 save percentage. He'll go up against the red-hot Jake Allen (see above), who also owns a 7-0-0 lifetime against Arizona! Make St. Louis an 8* play.