The Vancouver Canucks close out their 2018-19 regular season with a stop in St. Louis to take on one of the hottest teams in the NHL. The Blues are seeking home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs – which will happen if they win and the Winnipeg Jets lose on Saturday.

Canucks vs Blues Betting Analysis

It’s cruel that the best days of the Canucks’ season are happening when the team is already eliminated from the playoffs. Vancouver saw its three-game win streak come to an end following a 3-2 setback at Nashville on Thursday night.

The Canucks are still 6-4 in their last 10 games with four of those six wins coming as moneyline underdogs. The side isn’t the profitable play for this club. The total is what bettors should be paying attention to with Vancouver.

The team has played below the Over/Under line in 13 of its last 16 games. The Under is 4-0 in the Canucks’ last four games and 46-30-5 on the campaign.

Backing the Blues has been a great tactic for NHL bettors in the second half of the season. St. Louis is 23-10 straight up in its last 33 contests and the team is 12-2 in its last 14 games as the home favourite.

Oddsmakers have the Blues as middle-of-the-pack contenders to raise the Cup this spring. St. Louis’ odds to win the 2019 Stanley Cup is +1500 at Sports Interaction.

Vancouver Canucks

Elias Pettersson’s campaign to win the 2019 Calder Trophy was supposed to be done and dusted. But the rookie center is closing out the campaign with a whimper. The 20-year-old Swede has zero goals and one assists in his last six games.

He still leads all first-year NHLers in points this season by a healthy margin, but he still faces stiff competition for the award because of the efforts of the Blues’ rookie goalie Jordan Binnington.

St. Louis Blues

The Blues are 23-6 straight up in games started by Binnington this season, but he’s only made 31 appearances on the campaign. He owns a 1.87 goals against average and a .927 save percentage – numbers that rival with the best netminders in the NHL.

St. Louis is allowing a league-low 2.19 goals per game since the All-Star break due to Binnington’s emergence. The Blues are averaging 3.22 goals per game during the same stretch – making them one of only three clubs with an average goal differential greater than 1.00 since the All-Star Game.

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