NHL Prop Bets: Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues (October 3, 2026)
The St. Louis Blues (1-0-0) face the Colorado Avalanche (1-0-0) at Ball Arena. Let's take a look at the NHL Prop Bets for Saturday's matchup.
- The Blues have a 49-34 Puck Line record since the beginning of last season, while the Avalanche hold a record of 48-48 across the same span.
The total goals line is set at 6.5, with OVER at +100 and UNDER at -120.
- The Blues have a 35-44-4 O/U record since the beginning of last season (meaning 35 games have gone over the total points line, 44 have gone under and four have resulted in a push). The Avalanche have a 39-52-5 O/U record.
Goals For Insights
- The Blues have scored 2.82 goals per game since the beginning of last season (24th in the league). Comparatively, the Avalanche have averaged +0.9 more at 3.69 goals over the same span (1st).
- Defensively, the Blues have allowed 3.06 goals per game since the beginning of last season (T17th in the league), while the Avalanche have given up an average of 2.42 goals over that span (1st).
Shots
- Looking at creating chances to score, St Louis is averaging 25.3 shots per game since the beginning of last season (29th in the NHL). Meanwhile, Colorado is allowing its opposition 26.2 shots per game (7th).
- Flipping that script, the Blues have allowed 27.7 shots per game (T15th in the NHL), while the Avalanche are averaging 33.7 shots (1st).
Power Play
- St Louis holds a power play percentage of 17.3%, ranking 27th in the league since the beginning of last season, while Colorado sits 25th with 18.3% of its power play opportunities converted.
Penalty Kill %
- On the opposite end, the Blues have a penalty kill rate of 77.1% (ranked 24th), compared to the Avalanche at 84.9% (1st).
P1 Result
St Louis is +260 to win the first period, while Colorado is +125.
- Here are their first period records since the beginning of last season.
| Total | Home | Road | Last 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis | 25-25-33 | 12-11-18 | 13-14-15 | |
| Colorado | 41-20-35 | 21-9-19 | 20-11-16 |
To Go To Overtime
Saturday's matchup is +330 to go to overtime.
- The Blues have played in 16 games that have gone to overtime since the beginning of last season, while the Avalanche have appeared in 20.
To Go To a Shootout
- The Blues have played in 5 games that have gone to a shootout since the beginning of last season, while the Avalanche have appeared in 10.
Last Time They Met
Colorado recorded a 1-3 victory over St Louis at Enterprise Center when these teams last met on April 7, 2026. Valeri Nichushkin led the way to that result, scoring 2 goals.
