{"id":538013,"date":"2026-04-03T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538013\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:00:22","slug":"ducks-vs-blues-prediction-picks-april-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks vs. Blues Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; April 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anaheim Ducks (41-29-5, fourth in the Western Conference) take on an opponent at the opposite end of the standings, the St. Louis Blues (31-31-12, 13th in the Western Conference), on Friday, April 3 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968385&amp;cid=riLEUKlgRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of watching this matchup, here is our prediction for which team will take home the victory in Friday&#8217;s hockey action.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have scored 27 goals during their past 10 games, while allowing 17 goals. A total of 21 power-play opportunities during that time have turned into four power-play goals (19.0%). They are 6-2-2 over those contests.<\/p>\n<p>Ducks vs. Blues Predictions for Friday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projection model for this matchup expects a final result of Ducks 4, Blues 2.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Ducks (-137)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: No Pick &#8211; Predicted Margin Negligible<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Ducks (-1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968383&amp;cid=riLEUKlgRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ducks Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks have gone 17-5-22 in overtime contests on their way to an overall record of 41-29-5.<br \/>\nAnaheim is 15-5-5 (35 points) in its 25 games decided by one goal.<br \/>\nLooking at the nine times this season the Ducks finished a game with only one goal, they have a 1-7-1 record, good for three points.<br \/>\nAnaheim has scored exactly two goals in 11 games this season (4-6-1 record, nine points).<br \/>\nThe Ducks have scored three or more goals 50 times, and are 36-11-3 in those games (to record 75 points).<br \/>\nIn the 21 games when Anaheim has capitalized on a single power-play goal, it has a 15-2-4 record (34 points).<br \/>\nIn games when it has outshot its opponent, Anaheim is 23-14-3 (49 points).<br \/>\nThe Ducks have been outshot by opponents 30 times, and went 16-12-2 (34 points).<br \/>\nBlues Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have a record of 31-31-12 this season and are 4-12-16 in overtime matchups.<br \/>\nIn the 32 games St. Louis has played that were decided by one goal, it racked up 40 points.<br \/>\nAcross the 13 games this season the Blues ended with just one goal, they have earned eight points.<br \/>\nSt. Louis has 13 points (5-12-3) when scoring a pair of goals this season.<br \/>\nThe Blues have earned 53 points in their 39 games with at least three goals scored.<br \/>\nThis season, St. Louis has capitalized on a single power-play goal in 27 games and registered 30 points with a record of 12-9-6.<br \/>\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, St. Louis is 13-15-3 (29 points).<br \/>\nThe Blues have been outshot by opponents 42 times this season, and earned 44 points in those games.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=riLEUKlgRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Ducks vs. Blues Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 10 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968373&amp;cid=riLEUKlgRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nWhere: Honda Center in Anaheim, California<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968384&amp;cid=riLEUKlgRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Ducks play Blues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks (41-29-5, fourth in the Western Conference) take on an opponent at the opposite end of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5120],"tags":[233,71,833,5,835,4,61,834,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-538013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-blues","8":"tag-anaheim-ducks","9":"tag-blues","10":"tag-ds-sports","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-men","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-predictions","15":"tag-professional","16":"tag-st-louis","17":"tag-st-louis-blues","18":"tag-stlouis","19":"tag-stlouisblues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116339253175435602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}