Montreal Canadiens (5-3-2, fourth in the Atlantic Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (4-4-1, fifth in the Central Division)
St. Louis; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Blues -117, Canadiens -104; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues host the Montreal Canadiens after Kevin Hayes' two-goal game against the New Jersey Devils in the Blues' 4-1 win.
St. Louis had a 37-38-7 record overall and an 18-17-6 record at home last season. The Blues scored 3.2 goals per game last season while allowing 3.6 per game.
Montreal went 31-45-6 overall and 14-24-3 in road games a season ago. The Canadiens scored 227 goals while giving up 305 last season for a -78 goal differential.
INJURIES: Blues: Anton Malmstrom: out (undisclosed), Josh Jacobs: out (undisclosed).
Canadiens: Kirby Dach: out for season (knee), Chris Wideman: out (back), Carey Price: out (knee), David Savard: out (upper body), Christian Dvorak: out for season (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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