St. Louis Blues (19-18-4, 42 pts) at Minnesota Wild (25-11-5, 54 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Tuesday, January 7
Time: 7:00 pm CST
TV: ESPN+ / FDSM / FDSN / FDSW
Radio:
St. Louis Blues – 101 ESPN (101.1 FM)
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
St. Louis Blues +1.5 ML +125
Minnesota Wild -1.5 ML -145
O/U 5.5
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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:
The Blues have been a much better team since Jim Montgomery took over on November 25 going 10-6-3 in 19 games. St. Louis been better away from home this season with an 11-9-3 mark as they try to get the win tonight in Minnesota. The Blues currently sit three points out of the second wild-card spot.
Minnesota Wild News & Notes:
The Wild have won three straight games including two in a row against a couple of the East’s best in Carolina and Washington. With the victories against the Hurricanes and Capitals Minnesota continues to add to its resume as the best road team in the NHL with a sparkling 15-3-3 record. The Wild have been mediocre at home with a 10-8-1 record at the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild have won the first two meetings between these clubs but both meetings were in St. Louis, as the series switches to Minnesota it’s time for the Wild to start protecting their home ice.
St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:
Saad-Thomas-Buchnevich
Holloway-Schenn-Kyrou
Neighbours-Sundqvist-Texier
Toropchenko-Walker-M. Joseph
Suter-Parayko
Broberg-Fowler
Tucker-Perunovich
Binnington
Hofer
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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:
Boldy-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Hartman
Foligno-Gaudreau-Trenin
Gaunce-Khusnutdinov-Jones
Brodin-Faber
Chisholm-Bogosian
Merrill-Dermott
Gustavsson
Fleury
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Players To Watch:
St. Louis Blues
Dylan Holloway had points in five of his last six games with four multipoint games including a hat trick over that span. The 23-year-old winger is having a breakout season in St. Louis after coming over from the Oilers. Holloway has already eclipsed his career high of nine points with 29 points(14g, 15a) and is on a 58-point pace.
Minnesota Wild
Marco Rossi is the NHL’s first star of the week with three goals and five assists for eight points in three games this week. The 23-year-old Austrian has picked up the slack since Karil Kaprizov went down with an injury, the diminutive pivot has nine points in the five games without Kaprizov. Rossi has moved up to second on the Wild in scoring with 37 points (15g, 22a) in 40 games played.
Injury Report:
St. Louis Blues
D Nick Leddy – IR
D Justin Faulk – OUT
C Radek Faksa – OUT
D Torey Krug – LTIR – Will Miss The Entire Season
Minnesota Wild
LW Kirill Kaprizov – IR
C Jakob Lauko – IR
D Jake Middleton – Game Time Decision
D Jared Spurgeon – IR
Next Game:
St. Louis Blues – January 9 vs. Anaheim Ducks
Minnesota Wild – January 9 vs. Colorado Avalanche
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