Sharks Bite Blues on Back-to-Back, Cash +125 Ticket

The Sharks swam into St. Louis and did exactly what we called: they punished a gassed Blues squad grinding through their third game in four nights, escaping with a 3-2 victory that cashed our +125 moneyline in style.

This one came down to goaltending, just as we projected. Yaroslav Askarov continued his solid early-season form for San Jose, making enough saves to hold off a Blues team running on fumes. Meanwhile, Jordan Binnington's nightmare start to the campaign rolled on—his .833 save percentage and 6.00 GAA weren't just red flags, they were air raid sirens, and the Sharks heard them loud and clear.

The Blues showed some fight late, making it 3-2 and giving their home crowd a glimmer of hope, but fatigue is undefeated. You can't play back-to-backs and expect your goalie to bail you out when he's leaking goals like a rusty bucket. St. Louis has now dropped three straight, and their schedule crunch is showing.

San Jose, rested and rolling with better offensive output all week, capitalized on every advantage we identified. Sometimes the handicap writes itself: tired legs, shaky goaltending, plus-money on the visitor. The Sharks delivered, and so did we. That's three units in the green, and we'll take those odds every time.