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Team grades

Team	Skaters	Goalie	Overall
St. Louis Blues	D	C+	C-
Colorado Avalanche	A+	A	A+

Sportsbook context

Game lines

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DraftKings

TeamMoneylinePuck Line

STL+240+1.5 (+100)

COL-298-1.5 (-120)

Total 6.5Over +114Under -135

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Last 3 games

St. Louis Blues

Overall3–0–0W–L–TPuck Line3–0–0W–L–PO/U3–0–0O–U–P

Date	Opponent	Result	Puck Line	Total
4/16/26	@ UTAH	W 5–3	W +1.5	O 6.5
4/14/26	vs PIT	W 7–5	W -1.5	O 6.5
4/13/26	vs MIN	W 6–3	W -1.5	O 5.5

W win · L loss · T tie · P push · O over · U under · — unavailable.

Colorado Avalanche

Overall1–2–0W–L–TPuck Line2–1–0W–L–PO/U2–1–0O–U–P

Date	Opponent	Result	Puck Line	Total
9/30/26	vs LA	W 8–4	W -1.5	O 6.5
5/26/26	@ VGK	L 1–2	W +1.5	U 6.5
5/24/26	@ VGK	L 3–5	L -1.5	O 6.5

W win · L loss · T tie · P push · O over · U under · — unavailable.

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Projected team stats

Parenthetical values show each team’s average over the last 365 days.

Projected team statistics for Blues and Avalanche
	Statistic
24.4 (25.3)	Shots	33.8 (33.5)

Starting goalie context

Expected goalies

BluesJordan BinningtonConfirmed

AvalancheMackenzie BlackwoodExpected

Lineup context

Projected lines

St. Louis Blues

First line

CRobert Thomas
LWDylan Holloway
RWJimmy Snuggerud
DTheo Lindstein
DColton Parayko

Colorado Avalanche

First line

CNathan MacKinnon
LWArtturi Lehkonen
RWMartin Necas
DDevon Toews
DCale Makar

Player availability

Injury report

St. Louis Blues

LWFelix TrudeauUndisclosedInjured Reserve
DLogan MaillouxHandInjured Reserve
DTyler TuckerKneeInjured Reserve
Tucker had arthroscopic knee surgery and will be re-assessed in six weeks, the team announced Wednesday.
Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM EDT

Colorado Avalanche

CGeorgii MerkulovUndisclosedInjured Reserve
Merkulov (undisclosed) was put on non-roster injured reserve Monday.
Updated: Sep 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM EDT
RWLogan O'ConnorLower BodyInjured Reserve
O'Connor (lower body) won't play at the beginning of the 2026-27 campaign, Aarif Deen of Colorado Hockey Now reports.
Updated: Sep 29, 2026 at 2:51 PM EDT
GTrent MinerUndisclosedInjured Reserve