St. Louis Blues (27-30-11, 65 pts) at Vancouver Canucks (21-39-8, 50 pts)
Venue: Rogers Arena
Date: Saturday, March 21st
Time: 7:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN+ / Fanduel Sports Network / Sportsnet
Radio: 
St. Louis Blues – 101 ESPN FM
Vancouver Canucks – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
St. Louis Blues -1.5 ML -135
Vancouver Canucks +1.5 ML +114
O/U 5.5

St. Louis Blues News and Notes:

The St. Louis Blues were on an incredible hot streak to start off March, going 6-0-1 through the first two weeks of the month. However, the Blues have stalled a bit, losing 2-3 to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday and losing 1-2 in overtime to the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, in two easier matchups that the Blues could’ve made out with four points to move up the standings in a tight Western Conference wild card race. Tonight the have another very winnable match against the last-place Vancouver Canucks, and the Blues must kick it into high gear if they still have NHL Playoff aspirations.

Vancouver Canucks News and Notes:

The Vancouver Canucks were beginning to find some momentum with wins over the Florida Panthers, the Nashville Predators, and the Chicago Blackhawks all in the last two weeks; however, they ran into a juggernaut in the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, stopping their momentum in its tracks. While the Canucks are still 13 points back from the Calgary Flames, who sit second-to-last in the NHL, the Canucks can afford to go for some wins to boost team morale while still targeting the top pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.

St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:

Holloway-Thomas-Snuggerud
Neighbours-Buchnevich-Kyrou
Drouin-Dvorsky-Stenberg
Toropchenko-Finley-Suter

Broberg-Mailloux
Lindstein-Parayko
Fowler-Tucker

Binnington
Hofer

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

O’Connor-E. Pettersson-DeBrusk
Ohgren-Rossi-Boeser
Sasson-Blueger-Karlsson
Hoglander-Raty-Kane

E. N. Pettersson-Hronek
M. Pettersson-Willander
Buium-Mancini

Lankinen
Tolopilo

Players to Watch:

St. Louis Blues:

Dylan Holloway has been a major bright spot on the young forward core in St. Louis. Holloway has scored in his last two games and has been crushing teams on the offensive end, putting up fourteen points in the last eleven games and ten points in the last eight games. He’s been one half of a new dynamic duo with Jimmy Snuggerud, who has also been tremendously productive on the offensive side, putting up twelve points in the last nine games, including a four-game multipoint streak in that stretch. Pair these two rising stars with the Blues’ go-to guy, Robert Thomas, and this makes one of the hottest top lines in the NHL right now.

Vancouver Canucks:

Marco Rossi continues to light up the scoreboard for the Vancouver Canucks as of late, putting up twelve points in the last eight games and nine points in the last four games. He grabbed two assists, setting up both goals in the 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, so although it hasn’t always translated into wins, Rossi has filled a much needed leadership role for the Canucks since he came over to the team, along with Zeev Buium and Liam Ohgren, in the deal that sent Canucks legend Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild earlier this season.

Injury Report:

St. Louis Blues:

D Torey Krug – SELTIR

Vancouver Canucks:

D Pierre-Olivier Joseph – IR
C Filip Chytil – IR
D Derek Forbort – LTIR
G Thatcher Demko – LTIR

Next Game:

St. Louis Blues: Tuesday, March 24 vs. Washington Capitals – 8 pm ET
Vancouver Canucks: Tuesday, March 24 vs. Anaheim Ducks – 10 pm ET

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