Blues vs. Bruins NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Oct. 29

The St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins -- both coming off defeats -- will play on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. The bookmakers see this as a tight one, with the Blues -115 to win on the moneyline, and the Bruins at -105.

St. Louis fell 2-0 at home in its last game on Oct. 27 against the Montreal Canadiens. The Blues got zero points apiece out of 22 players, including Justin Barron () and Pavel Buchnevich ().

Boston played on the road in its last game on Oct. 27, and lost 2-1 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Three Bruins skaters recorded one point each in that outing, including Pavel Zacha (one goal) and David Pastrnak (one assist).

As hockey play continues, prepare for the contest by checking out which club we project to pick up the victory in Thursday's game.

Blues vs. Bruins Predictions & Pick

Ahead of the upcoming contest between the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, per Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Bruins 5 - Blues 2
• Pick OU: Over 5.5 (Dunkel projecting 7 goals)
  

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Blues vs. Bruins Moneylines

Snag a peek below at the most recent moneylines for the Blues-Bruins matchup.

• Favorite: Blues (-115)
• Underdog: Bruins (-105)

Blues Betting Insights

• The Blues have been victorious in three of their six games when they were favored on the moneyline this season (50.0%).
• In games it has played with moneyline odds of -115 or shorter, St. Louis is 3-3 (winning 50.0% of the time).
• Based on the moneyline in this game, the Blues' implied win probability is 53.5%.
• St. Louis' 12 matches this season have finished above this game's total of 5.5 goals seven times.

Bruins Betting Insights

• The Bruins have won three of the seven games they have played as an underdog this season.
• Boston is 3-4 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -105 or more on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied, given the moneyline set for this matchup, that the Bruins have a 51.2% chance to win.
• Boston has played seven games this season that ended with over 5.5 goals.

Blues Key Stats

• St. Louis' 35 total goals (2.9 per game) make it the 21st-ranked scoring team in the league.
• The Blues have given up 37 total goals (3.1 per game), ranking 13th in league action in goals against.
• It has the league's 20th-ranked goal differential at -2.
• The seven power-play goals the Blues have scored this season rank 19th in the NHL (on 32 power-play chances).
• St. Louis is 14th in the league with a 21.88% power-play conversion rate.
• The Blues have recorded three shorthanded goals this season (second among NHL teams).
• St. Louis has the league's seventh-best penalty-kill percentage (84.38%).
• St. Louis wins 49.7% of its faceoffs to rank 18th in the NHL.
• The Blues have a 10.4% shooting percentage as a team, which ranks 20th in the league.

Bruins Key Stats

• Boston is sixth in the NHL in scoring (49 goals, 3.8 per game).
• The Bruins concede just 2.2 goals per game (28 in total), the second-fewest in the NHL.
• It has a league-leading goal differential of +21.
• With nine power-play goals (on 41 chances), the Bruins are 11th in the NHL.
• Boston has the league's 13th-ranked power-play percentage (21.95%).
• At 80.43%, Boston has the 16th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• Boston is sixth in faceoff win rate in the NHL (53.4%).
• The Bruins' 14.8% shooting percentage is second in the league.