T.M. Selection: Avalanche/Blues OVER.

I am on the over in the Colorado Avalanche vs St Louis Blues game on Saturday. This series is tied up at 1-1 at the moment but both of these games have been on the lower scoring end so far. This has been the complete opposite from their regular season games with all of them being high scoring and going over the posted totals for those games. I think this is going to be a high scoring affair though and I expect both teams to find the net here, turning this into a higher scoring game. The Avalanche just lost their 1st game of the postseason this year and I think they are going to be looking to bounce back after that loss on home ice. The Blues are still missing some of their top defensemen for this game and I think that will start to play a part here in this game. The Avalanche will be looking to score goals quickly so they don't fall behind like in the previous game and I think they will find holes in the Blues defense here. The Avalanche are also missing a defensemen though and their starting goalkeeper, Darcy Kuemper, is dealing with his eye injury so he may not be playing at his best in this series. I expect both teams to be more aggressive here since this is an important game to take a 2-1 lead in the series and I see this being a close game that both teams fight hard to win in. I see there being goals in this game so I like the over here.

T.M. Prediction: 4-3 Avalanche.