New York at St. Louis

The St. Louis Blues have been rather defensive this season. They ran off a 13-game stretch where they allowed just 19 goals or a bit under 1.5 per contest. That is an unsustainable pace. Recently the trend has been significantly up, as over their last five games they have allowed 2.4 per contest, or a full goal more. The Rangers come in equipped to take advantage as they have scored 3.5 per game over their last 10 contests. The Rangers have also been at their offensive best off a single day of rest, pushing the total OVER in eight of their last 10 in this situation. Three of their last four games playing to a total of 5, have gone OVER with over 7 goals scored in the three OVERs. Play this one OVER the total.