Nashville at St. Louis

The top two teams in the Central Division meet up, so expect a fierce defensive effort. Nashville is dynamite on defense, eighth in the league in goals allowed and penalty killing. Nashville skated to a 2-0 triumph in the first meeting this season as goalie Pekka Rinne turned aside 34 shots to blank the Blues for the third time in his career in that encounter. St. Louis is in first place anchored by a defense that is fourth in goals allowed. Blues goaltender Jake Allen has been better at home, posting a 10-5 mark with a .915 save percentage this season. They come off a 3-1 win at Vancouver, part of a 13-3 run UNDER the total. The St. Louis offense is just 3-for-27 with the man advantage in the last nine games, plus 34-14-4 UNDER the total against the Western Conference. Back the UNDER.