Chicago at St. Louis

The Winter Classic is an outdoor game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Chicago Blackhawks will be without starting goalie Corey Crawford, who has been out since undergoing an appendectomy on December 3. St. Louis is a sizzling 13-1-2 at home ranked #11 in the NHL in goals scored. They are well coached and disciplined, seventh on the power play and second in penalty killing. St. Louis beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday to improve its home record to 11-0-3 in the last 14 games. The Blues killed off two more power play chances, and have now killed off 19 of their opponent's last 20 chances with a man advantage. For the season, St. Louis has allowed only five power-play goals in 62 chances in 18 home games. The Blues are also 47-20 when their opponent scores five goals or more in their previous game. Back St. Louis.