T.M. Selection: Blues/Avalanche OVER.

I am on the over in the St Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche game on Tuesday. The Blues looked really good in the final 3 games of their series against the Wild. They have won 3 games in a row now to end that series and they scored 5 goals in all of those games. The Blues have always played the Avalanche tough and all of their games against each other this year saw 7+ goals in them total, with the Blues scoring 3+ goals in all of those. The Avalanche are very hot at the moment, sweeping the Predators in the 1st round with 3/4 of those games seeing 7+ goals in them. The Avalanche even scored 7+ goals themselves in 2 of those and had 5+ goals in 3 of them. This series won't be as easy as the previous for them, the Blues were very hot near the end of the regular season and they have done this before over the past few years where they really get hot in the postseason. I think the Blues are going to score goals on the Avalanche here and keep this a close game with a chance to win it for themselves. The Blues are also missing a lot of their starting defensemen though and that is going to become an issue in this series. The Avalanche have a really good offense and they would've scored goals with the Blues healthy. Now that the Blues are weaker on defense I think it will be even easier for the Avalanche to score goals on them here and I see them getting a few on home ice. I think the Blues are going to be playing from behind in this game too and I expect them to pour on their offense to stay in the game. I see this game having lots of goals here, I like the over in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 6-4 Avalanche.