Blues vs. Red Wings NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Oct. 25

The St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings -- both coming off losses -- will meet on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The sportsbooks see this as a tight game, with the Blues -115 to win on the moneyline, and the Red Wings at -105.

St. Louis was handed a 7-4 defeat at home its last time out on Oct. 23 against the Utah Mammoth. The Blues were led by Oskar Sundqvist (two assists) and Colton Parayko (two assists).

Detroit's last game was a road loss, 7-2, against the New York Islanders on Oct. 23. Six Red Wings skaters recorded one point each in that matchup, including J.T. Compher (one assist) and Dylan Larkin (one goal).

Before this matchup, here's who we expect to take home the victory in Saturday's hockey contest.

Blues vs. Red Wings Predictions & Pick

For predictions on the upcoming game between the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, based on data from Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Red Wings 3 - Blues 2
• Pick OU: Under 5.5 (Dunkel projecting 5.01 goals)
  

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Blues vs. Red Wings Moneylines

Take a look below at the most recent moneylines for the Blues-Red Wings game.

• Favorite: Blues (-115)
• Underdog: Red Wings (-105)

Blues Betting Insights

• The Blues are 1-4 when listed as a moneyline favorite this season.
• St. Louis is 1-4 (victorious in just 20.0% of its games) when it has played with moneyline odds of -115 or shorter.
• The Blues' implied moneyline win probability is 53.5% in this matchup.
• In four of seven matches this season, St. Louis and its opponent have combined for more than 5.5 goals.

Red Wings Betting Insights

• This season the Red Wings have been an underdog seven times, and won five of those games.
• Detroit is 5-2 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -105 or more on the moneyline.
• The Red Wings have a 51.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Detroit's games this season have had over 5.5 goals five of eight times.

Blues Key Stats

• St. Louis' 20 total goals (2.9 per game) rank 27th in the league.
• The Blues rank 23rd in goals against, giving up 27 total goals (3.9 per game) in NHL action.
• It has the league's 28th-ranked goal differential at -7.
• The four power-play goals the Blues have put up this season rank 23rd in the NHL (on 20 power-play chances).
• St. Louis' 20% power-play conversion rate ranks 16th in the league.
• St. Louis kills 72.73% of opponent power plays, the 24th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• St. Louis wins 51% of its faceoffs (14th in NHL).
• The Blues connect on 11.4% of their shots (15th in the league).

Red Wings Key Stats

• With 24 goals (three per game), Detroit has the NHL's 15th-ranked offense.
• The Red Wings' total of 25 goals given up (3.1 per game) is 18th in the NHL.
• With a goal differential of -1, the team is 18th in the league.
• With five power-play goals (on 25 chances), the Red Wings are 17th in the NHL.
• Detroit has the NHL's 16th-ranked power-play percentage (20%).
• At 90.48%, Detroit has the fourth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• At 51.7%, Detroit has the NHL's 11th-ranked faceoff win percentage.
• The 10.8% shooting percentage of the Red Wings is 17th in the league.