St. Louis at Chicago

Both the St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks have identical records according to tonight's venue with the Blues at 7-3-1 on the road, matching the 7-3-1 mark by the Blackhawks on home ice this season. The Blues have won the only meeting this season, which was also in Chicago, so the Hawks will be loaded for revenge for this one. Chicago got out of the gate slowly, but has turned things up as they are 8-2 over their last 10 games, and come home with a lot of momentum as they went 5-1 on a six-game road trip, and have also won their last three at home. Chicago has been fierce on the defensive end at home where they have allowed just 17 goals in their 11 home games this season at just over 1.5 tallies per contest. St. Louis has defended well on the road as they are allowing just a tick over 2 goals per contest. I look for a hard-fought defensive struggle as both teams are on top of their game in front of the net, and on the backside of the ice. The Blues have struggled against strong home teams, where they are 2-9 in their last 11 on the road vs. a team with a home winning percentage greater than .600. The Blackhawks dominate good road teams on home ice where they are an impressive 25-9 in their last 34 vs. a team with a road winning percentage of greater than .600. Chicago is now 9-2-2 to the UNDER in their last 13 following a win, and the Blues just 6-21 in their last 27 in Chi-Town. Take Chicago and the UNDER.