San Jose at St. Louis

San Jose is outstanding all-around on defense, eighth in goals allowed, and second in penalty killing. San Jose has a winning road record because of that strong defense, sitting in second place in the Pacific Division. The Sharks are on an eight-game win streak and have allowed just 22 goals the last 10 contests. They head to St. Louis, another strong defensive team ranked sixth in goals allowed, off a 2-1 win at Columbus. The Blues have won five in a row allowing 10 total goals, in the race for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. St. Louis is on a 34-16-1 run UNDER the total, including 38-17-4 UNDER against winning teams, and 36-16-4 UNDER playing on two days of rest. This shapes up as a defensive duel and the UNDER is 15-7-3 when they clash here in St. Louis. Take the UNDER.