St. Louis at Montreal

St. Louis has won three of four after its convincing 5-1 victory at Toronto on Thursday night when Dylan Holloway scored twice to back Jordan Binnington, who stopped 40 shots for the Blues. Joel Hofer is expected tonight and he is 3-0-0 with a 2.32 goals-against average and he won his last start 4-3 over Carolina last Saturday. Montreal is looking at a long season again as it has won just two of seven games and the Canadiens have lost four straight following a 7-2 trouncing by the New York Rangers on Tuesday. The Canadiens have lost their past three home games by a combined score of 17-6 and St. Louis won both meetings in 2023-24. Dating to last season, the Blues are 5-0 playing with one day of rest, 5-0 against teams with losing records and 4-0 as favorites of -110 to -150. Play the Blues.