San Jose Sharks (2-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (1-2, in the Central Division)

St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT

LINE: Blues -125, Sharks +100; over/under is 5.5

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues and the San Jose Sharks face off in Western Conference play.

St. Louis went 37-33-12 overall and 20-14-7 at home a season ago. The Blues scored 230 goals while giving up 254 for a -24 goal differential last season.

San Jose had a 39-35-8 record overall and an 18-21-2 record on the road last season. The Sharks had a -41 goal differential last season, scoring 249 goals while allowing 290.

INJURIES: Blues: Adam Jecho: out (personal), Alexey Toropchenko: out (upper-body), Tyler Tucker: out (knee), Logan Mailloux: out (hand).

Sharks: Cam Lund: out (upper-body), Alex Barre-Boulet: out (undisclosed), Adam Gaudette: out (upper body), Quentin Musty: out (upper body), Macklin Celebrini: day to day (lower-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.