St. Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction: Will the Canucks confirm their status as the favorite?

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on January 5. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Blues are one of those teams that have had time to change head coaches during the championship. Right after Craig Berube's firing, St. Louis won five out of six games, but they are approaching the game with Vancouver after two consecutive failures. On their home ice, the Bluesmen, now led by Drew Bannister, lost to Colorado 1:2 and, on the road, failed to cope with Pittsburgh 2:4.

St. Louis is 11th in the Western Conference standings, just three points behind the top-8, but they are unlikely to tear up their legs to make the playoffs this season. Most likely, the Bluesmen will remain at the bottom of the conference standings for the rest of the season.

The Canucks played the previous game at home and confidently coped with the Eastern Conference outside Ottawa. In the first period, the team sent five unanswered pucks into the opponent's goal and easily brought the meeting to victory - 6:3. Pius Suter and Elias Petterson scored a double each, and J.T. Miller and Ian Cole scored.

In the game against Ottawa, Vancouver consolidated its lead in the Western Conference and confirmed its status as the best offense of the current season. The Canucks are scoring almost four pucks per game at an average of 3.84.

St. Louis lost two in a row, but before that, they won five meetings out of six, including coping with such strong opponents as Dallas and Florida. Vancouver will have a tough time in Missouri, too, given the fact that the Canucks are worse on the road than at home and not the best statistics of meetings with St. Louis in recent seasons. We believe the Blues can create a sensation by stopping the Western Conference leader.