Los Angeles at St. Louis

A pair of strong defensive teams with ace goalies clash here. Los Angeles is in first place led by its great defense again, tops in goals allowed and penalty killing. They come off a 2-1 win at Boston, part of a 28-12-11 run UNDER the total on the road. Goalie Jonathan Quick has distanced himself from an injury-riddled campaign last season with a stellar start this month, allowing just one goal in his last two games. The Kings are 13-5-9 UNDER playing on one day of rest. St. Louis is third in the league in goals allowed and is 5-0-1 in their last six contests after a 4-1 triumph over Columbus. The Blues are just 2-for-20 on the power play in their last seven games and are also on a 20-4-4 run UNDER the total playing on one day of rest. This shapes up as a strong defensive dual between two first-place teams, and the UNDER is 13-4-5 when they clash in St. Louis. Play UNDER the total inthis one.