Vegas Golden Knights vs St. Louis Blues Prediction, 1/23/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Vegas Golden Knights vs St. Louis Blues

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025

Location: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO

TV: Fanduel Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Golden Knights (-182) Blues (+150)

The St. Louis Blues (23-21-4) will try to beat the Vegas Golden Knights (29-14-4) at Enterprise Center on Thursday. The line on this contest has the Golden Knights at -182 while the Blues are at +150. The total is 6.5.

The Vegas Golden Knights had a decent effort after finishing in a 4-4 tie against the Blues in their previous game. The Golden Knights had a great offensive game plan going into this one and it showed in this game. For the outing, they converted 4 out of the 32 shots they put on net. They also had 2 power play chances and were able to net 1 goal. Vegas earned 4 mins in the box in this outing.

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In relation to scoring goals, the Vegas Golden Knights have accounted for 159 goals (4th in pro hockey) for the season and have allowed 130. For the season, they have accumulated 62 points and their points percentage is .660. Vegas comes into tonight with 111 power play chances and they have added 30 goals out of those advantages, garnering them a rate of 27.03%. While at even strength, the Golden Knights have allowed the opponent to score 107 goals while notching 129 as an offensive unit. Vegas has taken 1,448 shots and is the owner of a shot percentage of 11.0%. The Golden Knights have seen 1,269 shots taken against them and have earned a save percentage of .898. Vegas Golden Knights opponents have totaled 100 power play opportunities (31st in the NHL) and have scored 23 goals in those attempts.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Ilya Samsonov. In his professional hockey career, Samsonov has 90 quality starts and his quality starts percentage sits at .508. His save percentage is at .903 for his 9,686 mins on the ice. Samsonov has had 5,105 shot attempts taken against him and he has 4,610 total saves. Opponents have racked up 495 goals versus Samsonov in his NHL career and his goals against average is 3.07. He has earned a win-loss mark of 113-45-22 and he was named the starter in 177 games. Samsonov has been in goal for 189 contests over the course of his hockey career.

Their last time out, St. Louis faced off against the Golden Knights in a matchup where the Blues got the tie by a tally of 4-4. They had 2 opportunities on the power play in this outing and recorded 1 out of those chances. The Blues scored 4 goals out of the 28 shots on goal they attempted.

St. Louis has tried 1,297 shots (23rd in the league) and has a shooting percentage of 10.49%, while allowing their opponents 1,367 shots. They have a penalty kill percentage of 73.50% on their opponents 117 power play tries, and their save percentage currently sits at 89.5%. They have earned 109 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play rate of 19.27%. The Blues are sitting with 115 goals at even strength and 21 goals (29th in the league) while on the power play. They have allowed 143 goals to be scored by of a combination of 112 goals at even strength and 31 goals while they had less men on the ice. So far this year, the St. Louis Blues have notched a total of 136 goals, 50 points, in addition to a points percentage of .521.

Across the ice you are going to see Jordan Binnington in net. He has compiled 8,260 stops out of 9,110 shots tried, which gives him a percentage of .907. Binnington holds a career mark of 158-111-34 and has participated in 314 games. He got the starting nod in 306 contests and has accumulated 16,319 minutes. Binnington's rate of quality starts sits at 52.9% and he has accumulated 162 quality starting assignments in his career. Teams are averaging 3.13 goals per contest and he has relinquished 850 goals overall.

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

Guy's Pick: Take Vegas (-182)

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