8:07 pm
February 18

Sharks @ Blues

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Jose Sharks (6-7-1)

@ St. Louis Blues (9-5-2)

 

Starting Goalies:

Martin Jones (SJ): Confirmed

Jordan Binnington (STL): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

San Jose Sharks: (+160)

St. Louis Blues: (-180)

 

• After finally enjoying a home-ice victory, the San Jose Sharks return to the road to face the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Due to various COVID-19 complications, the Sharks played their first 12 games away from home. They returned to San Jose for two games, a 3-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday and a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday.

• The Sharks face the Blues in a two-game set in St. Louis, with the second game on Saturday night. The teams split two games there earlier this season, with the Blues winning 5-4 and the Sharks prevailing 2-1 in a shootout.

• The Blues just wrapped up seven consecutive games against the Arizona Coyotes. They went 3-3-1 in that series while adding winger Robert Thomas and Jaden Schwartz to their injury list. Also, defenseman Torey Krug exited the last game early with an upper-body injury. The Blues could get Schwartz and defenseman Marco Scandella back as they try to get back on track. Krug skated Wednesday, so he could go as well.

• The Sharks were missing defenseman Erik Karlsson and Radim Simek against the Ducks. Fredrick Claesson and Nicolas Meloche replaced them on the blue line. With Karlsson out, Brent Burns ran the point of the Sharks power play.

• The Sharks got goaltender Devan Dubnyk (0-3-1, 2.71 goals-against average) back from the injured list. He backed up Martin Jones (6-4-0, 3.75) Monday night. Jones earned a shootout victory over the Blues earlier this season. He is 6-5-0 with a 1.99 ERA in 11 regular-season games against St. Louis.

• The Blues are likely to stick with Jordan Binnington (7-3-2, 2.37 GAA) in goal. He stopped 42 of 44 shots on his last two games.

5/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
St. Louis Blues
Previous Pick
Next Pick