{"id":548724,"date":"2026-04-09T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548724\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:36:18","slug":"st-louis-favored-to-win-thursdays-nhl-matchup-4-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/548724\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis favored to win Thursday’s NHL matchup [4\/9\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St. Louis Blues will square off with the Winnipeg Jets, in what is expected to be a close NHL game, at Enterprise Center on Thursday, commencing at 8:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers’ advanced NHL model gives the Blues a slight edge with a 51% win probability over the Jets.<\/p>\n

This article offers an expanded analysis of Thursday’s Jets vs. Blues<\/a> matchup, including projected goal scorers, best bets and player prop picks.<\/p>\n

Jets vs. Blues prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Thursday’s NHL matchup between the Jets and Blues, forming part of our NHL predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our leading predictive model gives the Blues a 51% chance of defeating the Jets.<\/p>\n

According to our model, the Jets (+1.5) have a 70% chance of covering the puck line, while the over\/under total of 5.5 goals has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.<\/p>\n

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Jets vs. Blues odds<\/p>\n

We have sourced the best NHL odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nJets
\nBlues<\/p>\n

Puck Line
\n+1.5 (-275)
\n-1.5 (+225)<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n-105
\n-110<\/p>\n

Total
\no5.5 (-105)
\nu5.5 (-110)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Jets vs. Blues picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues will square off with the Winnipeg Jets, in what is expected to be a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5121],"tags":[5,78,4,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-548724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-winnipeg","12":"tag-winnipeg-jets","13":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116374784253197341","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548724","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=548724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}