Red Wings vs Blues Prediction and Picks - Snuggerud Value

Ten days after St. Louis came from behind to win in Detroit, the two teams meet again at Enterprise Center, and with neither side worth trusting this Red Wings vs Blues prediction goes through the players, with puck drop at 8 p.m. ET.

Jimmy Snuggerud at +185 is my first pick. He leads the Blues with nine goals, has scored in eight of 17 games and six of his last 10, and Detroit's penalty kill has stopped only 69% of chances, which matters for a winger with three power-play goals.

The concern is Dennis Tarasov, who has a .919 save percentage. Snuggerud has still scored in three of his last five, including Saturday's opener in Nashville.

Alex DeBrincat over 3.5 shots on goal at +110 is the shots bet. He has 66 shots in 18 games, four or more in 10 of them, and with Dylan Larkin suspended and Marco Kasper hurt, more of Detroit's offence is running through him.

Philip Broberg is my third play. He has a point in four of his last five and nine of 17 overall, and he plays more than 28 minutes a night, including almost seven minutes on the power play against the Rangers last week.

I'm passing on the moneyline and the total. Neither team passes the hit-rate test, and both have won only four of their last 10.

Detroit won both meetings in 2025-26, 6-4 at home and 5-2 in St. Louis. The Blues took the first meeting this season.

That was October 31 at Little Caesars Arena, a 5-4 St. Louis win. Detroit led 4-2 early in the third, but Pavel Buchnevich and Justin Barron tied it and Kaskimaki won it 18 seconds later, three goals in 4.38.

Detroit are 4-5-1 in their last 10, and the scoring has dried up. They've lost three straight, scoring 2, 1 and 0 goals, even though Tarasov has kept them in games.

Last Thursday they led Vegas 1-0 early in the third, but the Golden Knights scored twice, the winner with 1.42 left. On Saturday in Colorado, they lost 4-0, with three of the Avalanche goals coming on the power play.

Kasper went on IR with an upper-body injury on Saturday, and John Gibson is now day to day with a lower-body injury, according to CBS Sports, while Larkin's suspension runs until at least November 14. Tarasov is expected to start with Gibson hurt.

St. Louis are 4-5-1 in their last 10, and goaltending has carried more of the load than the offence. Joel Hofer has a .919 save percentage, but the Blues have scored one goal or none in four of those 10 games.

Last Thursday in New Jersey, they trailed 4-1 before Mason McTavish, Broberg and Dalibor Dvorsky scored in 3.08 of the third, but Jesper Bratt won it in overtime. On Saturday in Nashville, Snuggerud scored on the power play before the Predators answered three times.

Tyler Tucker remains on IR with a knee injury, CBS Sports reports in its latest list, and is expected to be out until at least November 12. Hofer is expected to start, as he has in 12 of 17 games.