St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks Prediction, 4/6/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks

Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Location: SAP Center in San Jose, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Blues (-210) Sharks (+170)

SAP Center is the site where the San Jose Sharks (17-50-8) will attempt to defeat the St. Louis Blues (40-32-4) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has St. Louis at -210 and San Jose is at +170. The betting total comes in at 7.

The St. Louis Blues will be looking to get a win in their next outing after their 6-3 loss against the Predators their last time out. The Blues were neither impressive or disappointing offensively in the defeat. For the matchup, they converted 3 of the 47 shots they tried. Moreover, they had 6 power play chances and were able to notch 1 goal. St. Louis recorded 10 mins in the box in this matchup.

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In terms of their scoring capabilities, the St. Louis Blues have notched 215 goals (26th in the league) for the year and have given up 231. For the season, they have scored 84 points and their points % is .553. St. Louis is sitting with 233 power play opportunities and they have notched 41 goals out of those advantages, garnering them a percentage of 17.60%. While playing at even strength, the Blues have given up 189 goals while notching 174 themselves. St. Louis has attempted 2,192 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 9.8%. The Blues so far have had 2,454 shots tried against them and have a save percentage of .906. St. Louis Blues opponents have tallied 197 power play opportunities (32nd in hockey) and have come away with 42 goals in those chances.

The man in goal for this game is Jordan Binnington. Opponents have been able to score 743 goals versus Binnington in his pro career and his average for goals against per game is 2.79. Binnington has played in 276 games during his NHL career. He has a save percentage of .908 during his 15,993 mins played. He has a record of 144-92-30 and he has gotten the start in 269 games. For his professional hockey career, Binnington has compiled 143 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .532. Binnington has seen 8,044 shots taken against him and he has 7,301 saves.

In their last contest, San Jose squared up with the Kings in an outing where the Sharks were on the wrong end of the score by a mark of 2-1. They had 3 attempts on the power play in this matchup but weren't able to notch a goal. The Sharks had 1 goal out of the 16 shots on goal they tried.

San Jose has tried 1,905 shots (32nd in hockey) and has earned a shooting percentage of 8.66%, while allowing the other team 2,613 shots. They have earned a penalty kill percentage of 75.64% on their opponents 234 power play opportunities, and their save percentage currently sits at 88.7%. They have a total of 185 power play chances and they have accumulated a power play percentage of 20.54%. The Sharks have accumulated 127 goals at even strength and 38 goals (27th in professional hockey) while having more men on the ice. They have allowed 295 goals to be scored by way of 238 goals at even strength and 57 goals while they had less men on the ice. On the season, the San Jose Sharks have notched a total of 165 goals, 42 points, in addition to a points percentage of .280.

Across the rink you are going to see Mackenzie Blackwood in the crease. His opponents are averaging 3.06 goals/game and he has yielded 549 goals overall. Blackwood's percentage of quality starts comes out to 53.3% and he has made 96 quality starts in his pro career. He has started in 180 games and his ice time sits at 10,762 minutes. Blackwood has amassed a lifetime record of 75-79-21 and has participated in 192 games. He has racked up 5,197 stops out of 5,746 shots attempted against him, giving him a save % of .904.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh's Pick: Take St. Louis (-210)

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