St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 18, 2025

FinalTuesday, Mar 18, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	1	1	4		STL	7	8	6	21
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	7	8	8	23

: STL 45NSH 52
: STL 2.43NSH 1.83
PP goals: STL 1NSH 0
Hits: STL 25NSH 31
Blocks: STL 17NSH 17
PIM: STL 18NSH 33
: STL 56%NSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Nashville Predators 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Nashville Predators 4–1 at NSH. Dylan Holloway (STL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Michael McCarron (NSH) played 7:03, −6:48 down on his 13:51 season average over 73 games.

Points
Dylan Holloway had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:11.Holloway
Points
Jordan Kyrou had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:12.Kyrou
Points
Jake Neighbours had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:05.Neighbours
Points
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:41.Faulk
Usage
Michael McCarron (NSH) played 7:03, −6:48 down on his 13:51 season average over 73 games.McCarron
Luck
STL scored 4 goals on 2.43 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Pavel Buchnevich (STL) played 15:00, −4:05 down on his 19:05 season average over 75 games.Buchnevich
PP1
NSH's PP1 (Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg and Blankenburg) went scoreless in 3:04 of 5v4 time with 3 attempts.Stamkos O'Reilly Marchessault Forsberg Blankenburg

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · NSH 52 · STL 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 47% of the game, NSH 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	STL	NSH
	43	52
	2.33	1.59
	2.17	1.52
	10	8
	2	1
	18	10
	+0.032	−0.031
	47%	25%

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

L1Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
9:4730% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
8:3761% CF
L3Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
8:2348% CF
L4Sundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc
4:3650% CF
D1Faulk – Broberg
11:4840% CF
D2Suter – Tucker
11:2948% CF
D3Leddy – Fowler
10:4625% CF

PP1Fowler – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Bolduc
3:1875% CF
PP2Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Holloway – Neighbours
2:12100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Joseph
2:06
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
0:48
PK1DSuter – Leddy
1:52
PK2DFaulk – Broberg
1:47

Current STL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg
8:0038% CF
L2Marchessault – Sissons – Bunting
6:4467% CF
L3McCarron – Bellows – Smith
4:300% CF
L4Evangelista – L'Heureux – Svechkov
3:3733% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
13:0346% CF
D2Englund – Barron
10:5050% CF
D3Stastney – Del Gaizo
10:4255% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
3:04100% CF
PP2Skjei – Sissons – Bunting – Evangelista – Svechkov
0:50
PK1FSissons – Svechkov
3:27
PK2FO'Reilly – L'Heureux
1:54
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
4:11
PK2DStastney – Del Gaizo
1:23

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexey Toropchenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	13:38	—	—	29	2
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:38	—	—	21	3
Nathan Walker L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:32	—	—	39	29
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	3	3	+2	3	0.08	2	1	0	17:11	—	—	61	89
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.54	2	1	0	16:27	—	—	52	77
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.40	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	60	86
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	41	72
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	46	82
Jake Neighbours L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.57	0	0	7	13:05	—	—	46	74
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	41	25
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:00	—	—	36	37
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	4	0	0	11:58	—	—	46	40
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	2	0	21:58	—	—	50	69
Justin Faulk D	D1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.10	0	4	0	20:41	—	—	46	67
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	4	0	19:31	—	—	44	45
Tyler Tucker D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	1	11	12:19	—	—	54	53
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	50	54
Nick Leddy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	24	22

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.83	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	43	17
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	46	27
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.44	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	40	19
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	73	88
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	17:15	—	—	68	62
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	3	0	4	16:08	—	—	74	59
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	7	11:55	—	—	78	100
Kieffer Bellows L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	8:00	—	—	0	—
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	20	7:03	—	—	0	—
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	62	35
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	50	47
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	10:37	—	—	25	37
Brady Skjei D	D1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.12	4	3	0	23:32	—	—	48	33
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	4	0	20:55	—	—	46	23
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	1	0	18:53	—	—	52	41
Andreas Englund D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	5	3	0	16:09	—	—	59	66
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:54	—	—	57	29
Marc Del Gaizo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	17:32	—	—	70	47

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.43	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Justin Faulk (STL PP) 1st 6:04 · assists Dylan Holloway, Jake Neighbours · Forecheck turnover · 80.8 mph shot.

Justin Faulk · 1st 6:04 · STL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 80.8 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jake Neighbours · 1st 18:16 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 17.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Jordan Kyrou · 2nd 18:50 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 56.5 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Brady Skjei · 2nd 19:59 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Jordan Kyrou · 3rd 13:45 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 27.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 18, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Nashville Predators 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

Justin Faulk · 1st 6:04 · STL PP

Jake Neighbours · 1st 18:16 · STL

Jordan Kyrou · 2nd 18:50 · STL

Brady Skjei · 2nd 19:59 · NSH

Jordan Kyrou · 3rd 13:45 · STL