Two clubs that split their season series 2-2 a year ago, the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues open the 2018-19 season at the Enterprise Center for a Central Division showdown. The Sports Network will broadcast the matchup, which gets going at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 4.
Winnipeg Jets at St. Louis Blues Odds
Winnipeg (+105) is entering this one as the underdog to St. Louis (-125). The Over/Under (O/U) is set at 6 goals and originally opened at -120 for the over and +100 for the under. Those odds have moved since they opened, and they now sit at -115 for the over, -105 for the under.
Both of these teams owned winning records in the 2017-18 season. The Winnipeg Jets went 52-30 straight up (SU) last season, while the St. Louis Blues finished 44-38.
The visiting Jets managed to score 3.33 goals per game on offense (32.4 shot attempts per game), while the defense gave up 2.63 goals per contest. Opponents attempted 31.6 shots per game on the Jets last year.
Fueled by 32.6 offensive shot attempts per contest, the Blues were able to tally 2.76 goals/game. The defense allowed 29.7 shots and 2.71 goals per game.
When it comes to last season’s power-play performance, the Jets were the stronger team on both offense and defense. They scored on a whopping 23.4 percent of their extra-man advantages and killed off 81.0 percent of the power plays their defense faced. The Blues, on the other hand, found the net on 15.4 percent of their power play opportunities during the 2017-18 season. They were able to kill off 79.6 percent of all opposition power plays.
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St. Louis was 3-0 in games decided by a shootout last year. Winnipeg was 4-2 in shootouts.
Winnipeg skaters recorded 23.3 hits per game last season, while the Blues logged 23.1 hits per contest.
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