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Anaheim Ducks vs. St. Louis Blues - 3/12/18 NHL Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Anaheim Ducks vs. St. Louis Blues - 3/12/18 NHL Pick, Odds, and Prediction

In 60 minutes Jake Allen collected 38 saves on 40 shot attempts, a 95% save percentage.

Coupled with Saturday's 7-2 victory against the Los Angeles Kings, it marked the first time the Blues had won successive games since February 8 (Colorado) and February 9 (Winnipeg).

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St. Louis is now ranked as the #6 seed in the Central division, #11 in the Western conference and #18 in the National Hockey League, with 77 points in the standings on the season.

The shutdown line of Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Kesler and Jakob Silfverberg has also struggled offensively but Carlyle said it "gets a bit of a pass" because of all the defensive responsibilities that it shoulders.

Rickard Rakell (30 goals, 29 assists) will pace the offensive attack for the Ducks.

Getzlaf summarized the game against Dallas. "I thought we did a good job of holding our own". (The) goaltender made some saves when we needed him to; he kept us right in the game. Both teams are in the bottom quarter of the league in power play efficiency and the top half of the league in penalty killing.

Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle commented, "Well, again that is the difference in the game".

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In the second period, after Corey Perry's goal trimmed the Blues' lead to 2-1, Vladimir Sobotka's first goal in 18 games with just 3 minutes 10 seconds left in the second restored the lead to 3-1. "Special teams - we lost the battle; they won the hockey game with it".

Lineup changes anticipated for Anaheim include the swap of defensemen Francois Beauchemin for Kevin Bieksa, a rotation Carlyle has used lately. Barbashev, a forward who plays on the fourth line, scored on a rebound and added an assist.

- All Blues forwards had a point but Brayden Schenn and Nikita Soshnikov.

"Part of putting those three back together was giving them the opportunity and the ability to make some plays that we saw them make", Yeo said, "and we also felt that it would sort of sharpen the focus and the mindset of the other players".

St. Louis regained its two-goal lead at 16:50 of the second when Sobotka took a strong pass and snapped a shot under Gibson for his 10th goal. St. Louis is coming off a huge win over Los Angeles on Saturday. They've combined for 164 points on the year, with Tarasenko getting 27 goals and 31 assists, Schenn posting 24 goals and 33 assists and Schwartz scoring 20 times with 29 assists. Jaden Schwartz has 7 points in 14 games. The Blues recalled defenseman Chris Butler from San Antonio.

For the Ducks, Monday's game marks the start of a four-game homestand.

The Blues (37-27-5), finally return home after a lengthy road trip. They play Colorado at home on Thursday.

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