Count On St. Louis Blues Edging Out Vancouver Canucks in High-Scoring Affair

Sunday night is the ultimate opportunity for NHL fans, with a stacked slate of thrilling matchups that fans eagerly anticipate. The game that sticks out is a tightly contested matchup between a pair of teams fighting for a wild card spot in the Vancouver Canucks and the St. Louis Blues.

For bettors, this matchup provides a chance to capitalize on some of our recent strong trends, like our 10-2 record on our last 12 picks, our 8-2 record on our last ten player prop picks and our 15-4 record on our last 19 moneyline picks.

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Vancouver Canucks vs St. Louis Blues Best Bets:

• Blues ML (-135)

• Over 5.5 goals (+105)

• Canucks Over 2.5 goals (-120)

The Canucks organization has continued to swirl through the media landscape as they've been embroiled in trade conversations with many of their star players being listed as trade bait. The media onslaught has seemingly taken a toll as the Canucks are 6-9-5 in their last 20 games.

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They are in the hunt for one of the two wild card spots in the West as they are just three points behind the Flames but will enter a big game on Monday against the team directly behind them in the hunt in the Blues.

St. Louis is just two points behind Vancouver and five points behind Calgary which gives them plenty of opportunity to leap frog them both and secure a spot. They'll need to take out their competition and will make Monday's matchup a crucial must-win. The Blues get to play host where they have won four of their last seven games and will take on a struggling Canucks team that has dropped nine of their last 11 road games.

During that gruesome span, the Canucks are averaging a league-worst 1.82 goals per game and should bold well for the Blues in this one. Vancouver has lost eight of their last ten games versus St. Louis with the total going over six in five of their last eight matchups.

The Canucks have scored two goals in three straight games and are bound to break through for at least three goals like they've scored in four of their last five matchups versus the Blues.

I expect the Blues to edge out the victory in this one but it won't be easy as the Canucks beat the Capitals on Saturday and will look to build some momentum.