Blues +1.5 at Colorado. The Avalanche are missing six players.

The God of Odds likes St Louis Blues +1.5 at -103, and Bovada is the place to hammer it.

Colorado opened as a -290 favorite and the number has already slipped to -285. That's not noise. That's sharp money stepping in on the Blues, and it lines up with everything else on the board. St Louis is 1-0 on the road, 1-0 on the moneyline, and a perfect 1-0-0 against the spread. The Avalanche are 3-4 ATS, covering at just 43 percent, and they're bleeding bodies.

Zachary L'Heureux, Logan O'Connor, Trent Miner, Georgii Merkulov, Nicolas Roy, and Artturi Lehkonen are all out or doubtful for Colorado. That's six names, including two centers and a winger who eats minutes. Meanwhile, St Louis is missing four of their own, but the Blues have the goaltending edge that matters most: a .1000 save percentage against Colorado's .871. In a one-game sample, that gap is the whole story.

Yes, it's early. One game in, the signals carry reduced reliability, and the Avalanche just hung eight goals on the board in their opener. But the Blues are riding a W-W-W-L-L-W stretch and scoring 4.0 goals per game of their own. They've already beaten Colorado once in the last three meetings, a 3-2 road win on April 6. The Avalanche own the head-to-head at 2-1, but the last two meetings were decided by one and two goals. This is not a blowout profile.

At +1.5, St Louis doesn't need to win. They need to lose by one or win outright. With six Avalanche contributors sidelined and the moneyline ticking toward the Blues, that's a bet worth making.

Bovada lists the Blues +1.5 at -103, the best price on the board. MyBookie is at -106, Everygame and BetOnline at -115. Take the extra cushion at Bovada and let the Avalanche's depleted lineup do the rest.