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St. Louis Blues vs. Florida PanthersDec 20, 2025

Final· Amerant Bank Arena
away
STL
6
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FLA
2
Goals123TShots123T
STL1236STL791632
FLA0202FLA714829
STL 54FLA 54
STL 3.66FLA 2.65
PP goals
STL 1FLA 1
Hits
STL 19FLA 26
Blocks
STL 14FLA 7
PIM
STL 6FLA 6
STL 51%FLA 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

St. Louis Blues rout Florida Panthers 6–2

St. Louis Blues beat Florida Panthers 6–2 at FLA. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Reinhart and Bennett) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:01 together.

  1. Points
    Robert Thomas had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:09.Thomas
  2. Points
    Jonatan Berggren had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:47.Berggren
  3. Points
    Jake Neighbours had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:46.Neighbours
  4. Points
    Otto Stenberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:39.Stenberg
  5. Points
    Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:22.Buchnevich
  6. PP1
    FLA's first power-play unit (Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Reinhart and Bennett) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:01 together.MarchandVerhaegheJonesReinhartBennett
  7. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Buchnevich, Thomas, Berggren and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:36 together.FaulkBuchnevichThomasBerggrenNeighbours
  8. New line
    New look for FLA: Greer–Rodrigues–Boqvist skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GreerRodriguesBoqvist

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, STL at FLA: 108 attempts, 61 on goal, 8 goals, 6.31 expected goals; best chance Robert Thomas at 0.61 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →
  • FLA
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · FLA 54 · STL 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at FLA: expected goals 2.65 to 3.66 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 54 to 54, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdFLASTLNBGRFNTTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • FLA
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
FLASTLcontrol2nd3rdNeighbours · 1st 9:59Berggren · 2nd 1:55Greer · 2nd 7:35Reinhart · 2nd 12:45Faulk · 2nd 19:59Neighbours · 3rd 12:02Thomas · 3rd 12:53Thomas · 3rd 16:28
  • FLA pressure
  • STL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 46% of the game, FLA 20%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, STL at FLA: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Daniil Tarasov (57:39) for FLA and Joel Hofer (60:00) for STL, 8 goals.

FLA
STL
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

FLA skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the FLA side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, FLA rows versus STL columns: 250 matchups; most common Reinhart vs Broberg, 8:02 at 16% xGF.

FLA ↓ · STL →ThomasBuchnevichBerggrenSuterDvorskyFabbriToropchenkoJosephSundqvistNeighboursSchennStenbergParaykoBrobergFaulkTuckerFowlerMaillouxL1 RodriguesL1 GreerL1 BoqvistL2 BennettL2 MarchandL2 VerhaegheL3 ReinhartL3 LundellL3 LuostarinenL4 GregorL4 StudnickaL4 KuninD1 JonesD1 MikkolaD2 ForslingD2 EkbladD3 PetryD3 Balinskis
FLA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatSTLFLA
5343
2.652.02
2.581.75
106
15
2014
+0.007−0.007
46%20%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Florida Panthers

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:59
    STLJake Neighbours (Cam Fowler, Otto Stenberg)tip-in0.10 xG
    STL: Schenn, Fowler, Neighbours, Mailloux, StenbergFLA: Ekblad, Forsling, Greer, Rodrigues, Boqvist
    STL 1 – 0 FLA

2nd period

  1. 1:55
    STLJonatan BerggrenPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Robert Thomas)wrist0.16 xG
    STL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Thomas, Berggren, NeighboursFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Lundell
    STL 2 – 0 FLA
  2. 7:35
    FLAA.J. Greer (Jesper Boqvist, Seth Jones)deflected0.40 xG
    STL: Fowler, Sundqvist, Joseph, Toropchenko, MaillouxFLA: Jones, Greer, Rodrigues, Mikkola, Boqvist
    STL 2 – 1 FLA
  3. 12:45
    FLASam ReinhartPP (Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett)wrist0.12 xG
    STL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Thomas, TuckerFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett
    STL 2 – 2 FLA
  4. 19:59
    STLJustin Faulk (Jonatan Berggren)slap0.02 xG
    STL: Faulk, Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, BerggrenFLA: Ekblad, Forsling, Greer, Rodrigues, Boqvist
    STL 3 – 2 FLA

3rd period

  1. 12:02
    STLJake Neighbours (Otto Stenberg, Brayden Schenn)wrist0.27 xG
    STL: Schenn, Fowler, Neighbours, Mailloux, StenbergFLA: Jones, Greer, Rodrigues, Mikkola, Boqvist
    STL 4 – 2 FLA
  2. 12:53
    STLRobert Thomas (Pavel Buchnevich, Jonatan Berggren)snap0.20 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Berggren, BrobergFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Luostarinen, Lundell
    STL 5 – 2 FLA
  3. 16:28
    STLRobert ThomasENwrist0.61 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, BrobergFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett, Lundell
    STL 6 – 2 FLA

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Robert Thomas CL1213+340.9410019:09——7273
Pavel Buchnevich LL1022+320.0700018:22——5966
Jonatan Berggren RL1123+220.4000015:47——7277
Pius Suter CL2000000.1602016:50——4359
Dalibor Dvorsky RL2000010.0111014:10——5280
Robby Fabbri CL2000030.4210013:40——5668
Alexey Toropchenko RL3000-100.0221012:52——2210
Mathieu Joseph RL3000-110.0260012:42——3611
Oskar Sundqvist CL3000-100.0000011:32——2523
Jake Neighbours LL4202+220.3710015:46——7796
Brayden Schenn CL4011+220.1710013:53——6481
Otto Stenberg CL4022+210.1510011:39——7285
Colton Parayko DD1000+220.0511221:35——5362
Philip Broberg DD1000+200.0310021:11——4861
Justin Faulk DD2101+140.2004222:44——6256
Tyler Tucker DD2000070.2523217:40——6160
Cam Fowler DD3011+200.0001018:23——5056
Logan Mailloux DD3000+110.0611015:04——5057
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Hofer(start)W29272.9312.6560:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Evan Rodrigues CL1000-220.0710016:58——4848
A.J. Greer LL1101-220.4540014:37——3841
Jesper Boqvist CL1011-200.0031012:32——3746
Sam Bennett CL2011-140.5011020:26——5558
Brad Marchand LL2011-120.2930019:27——5457
Carter Verhaeghe CL2000-120.2100218:04——5874
Sam Reinhart CL3101-220.2800019:04——5042
Anton Lundell CL3000-220.0420018:04——3312
Eetu Luostarinen CL3000-100.0020017:59——4315
Noah Gregor LL4000000.002109:02——3621
Jack Studnicka CL4000010.030128:23——4633
Luke Kunin CL4000010.034008:12——3626
Seth Jones DD1011-180.6000024:58——5359
Niko Mikkola DD1000000.0010021:33——4358
Gustav Forsling DD2000-320.0200019:57——253
Aaron Ekblad DD2000-310.0032019:21——334
Jeff Petry DD3000000.0001015:30——5335
Uvis Balinskis DD3000000.1300212:59——5647
FLA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)L31265.8392.7057:39

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jake Neighbours (STL) 1st 9:59 · assists Cam Fowler, Otto Stenberg · Deflection · 51.8 mph shot.