Blues bring losing streak into home matchup with the Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings (14-9-4, fourth in the Atlantic Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (13-13-1, sixth in the Central Division)
St. Louis; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Blues -126, Red Wings +106; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues look to break a three-game slide when they play the Detroit Red Wings.
St. Louis is 13-13-1 overall and 7-4-0 at home. The Blues are 3-- in games decided by one goal.
Detroit is 14-9-4 overall and 6-5-1 in road games. The Red Wings are third in the league with 127 total penalties (averaging 4.7 per game).
The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pavel Buchnevich has scored nine goals with 11 assists for the Blues. Jake Neighbours has six goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
Dylan Larkin has 11 goals and 14 assists for the Red Wings. Shayne Gostisbehere has one goal and eight assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blues: 4-6-0, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.9 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.8 goals per game.
Red Wings: 6-3-1, averaging 3.9 goals, 6.4 assists, 4.5 penalties and 10.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
INJURIES: Blues: Anton Malmstrom: out (undisclosed), Josh Jacobs: out (undisclosed).
Red Wings: J.T. Compher: out (undisclosed), Klim Kostin: out (undisclosed), Matt Luff: out (upper body), Dylan Larkin: out (head).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.