Avalanche/Blues

Are the Avalanche starting to show signs of life? It wasn’t evident in their loss vs a shaky Golden Knights team. Despite their poor play, they are a road favorite vs. the 5-0 Blues. Missing their captain O’Reilly for ten days is a blow, but the Blues have plenty to feel good about. They have scored the most goals in the league to this point, averaging 5 a night. (The Avalanche are 21st..) They have allowed 2.29 goals a game. Colorado has allowed 3.8, which is 30th in the league. The Blues have an enormous advantage in both the PK and PP to date. And to top it off, Binnington is out pacing Kuemper with a .919 compared to to .900 save %. The Avs are missing a pair of defencemen, not good news when your defense is struggling at the rate they are. With as much offense as they have it is only a matter of time before they start scoring. Will it be on Thursday night? That might be premature. Take the underdog Blues to win this one.