NHL Prop Bets: St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks (October 8, 2026)
The San Jose Sharks (2-1-0) face the St. Louis Blues (1-2-0) at Enterprise Center. Let's take a look at the NHL Prop Bets for Thursday's matchup. The Sharks opened as favorites, but the Blues have since moved into favoritism at -155 to win and +170 to cover the -1.5 puck line. The Sharks are -205 to cover the +1.5 puck line.
- The Sharks have a 48-37 Puck Line record since the beginning of last season, while the Blues hold a record of 49-36 across the same span.
The total goals line is set at 5.5, with OVER at -125 and UNDER at +105.
- The Sharks have a 43-40-2 O/U record since the beginning of last season (meaning 43 games have gone over the total points line, 40 have gone under and two have resulted in a push). The Blues have a 36-44-5 O/U record.
Goals For Insights
- The Sharks have scored 3.04 goals per game since the beginning of last season (17th in the league). Comparatively, the Blues have averaged 2.79 over the same span (26th).
- Defensively, the Sharks have allowed a whopping 3.55 goals per game since the beginning of last season (30th in the league), while the Blues have given up an average of 3.11 goals over that span (19th).
Shots
- Looking at creating chances to score, San Jose is averaging 25.7 shots per game since the beginning of last season (26th in the NHL). Meanwhile, St Louis is allowing its opposition 27.7 shots per game (15th).
- Flipping that script, the Sharks have allowed 29.6 shots per game (27th in the NHL), while the Blues are averaging 25.3 shots (29th).
Power Play
- San Jose holds a power play percentage of 21.3%, ranking 16th in the league since the beginning of last season, while St Louis sits 27th with 17.4% of its power play opportunities converted.
Penalty Kill %
- On the opposite end, the Sharks have a penalty kill rate of 76.4% (ranked 26th), compared to the Blues at 77.3% (22nd).
P1 Result
San Jose is +215 to win the first period, while St Louis is +150.
- Here are their first period records since the beginning of last season.
| Total | Home | Road | Last 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 25-26-34 | 14-14-15 | 11-12-19 | |
| St Louis | 26-26-33 | 12-11-18 | 14-15-15 |
To Go To Overtime
Thursday's matchup is +280 to go to overtime.
- The Sharks have played in 22 games that have gone to overtime since the beginning of last season, while the Blues have appeared in 16.
To Go To a Shootout
- The Sharks have played in 4 games that have gone to a shootout since the beginning of last season, while the Blues have appeared in 5.
Last Time They Met
San Jose recorded a 5-4 victory over St Louis at SAP Center at San Jose when these teams last met on March 30, 2026. Macklin Celebrini led the way to that result, recording 2 goals and 1 assist.
