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St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 2, 2026

Final· Bridgestone Arena
away
STL
5
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home
NSH
6
Goals123TShots123T
STL2305STL1414634
NSH1236NSH911828
STL 59NSH 60
STL 3.75NSH 3.46
PP goals
STL 1NSH 1
Hits
STL 16NSH 15
Blocks
STL 10NSH 11
PIM
STL 4NSH 4
STL 46%NSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge St. Louis Blues 6–5

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 6–5 at home. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

  1. Points
    Roman Josi had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 23:35.Josi
  2. Points
    Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:53.Buchnevich
  3. Points
    Jake Neighbours had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:28.Neighbours
  4. Points
    Jordan Kyrou had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:15.Kyrou
  5. Points
    Luke Evangelista had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:58.Evangelista
  6. Points
    Ryan O'Reilly had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:52.O'Reilly
  7. Points
    Steven Stamkos had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:06.Stamkos
  8. Points
    Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:13.Forsberg

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 NSH: 119 attempts, 62 on goal, 11 goals, 7.21 expected goals; best chance Jake Neighbours at 0.48 xG.

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

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · NSH 60 · STL 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, STL at NSH: expected goals 3.46 to 3.75 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 59, 11 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNSHSTLNOBBBPMFOSSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NSH
  • STL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NSHSTLcontrol2nd3rdNeighbours · 1st 4:53O'Reilly · 1st 9:16Buchnevich · 1st 14:24Buchnevich · 2nd 0:45Broberg · 2nd 3:23Parayko · 2nd 3:55McCarron · 2nd 11:35Forsberg · 2nd 13:49O'Reilly · 3rd 2:02Stamkos · 3rd 7:14Stamkos · 3rd 10:23
  • 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 32% of the game, NSH 40%.

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 NSH: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Justus Annunen (36:05) for NSH and Joel Hofer (58:59) for STL, 11 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NSH rows versus STL columns: 227 matchups; most common Wilsby vs Snuggerud, 10:06 at 51% xGF.

NSH ↓ · STL →SnuggerudSchennDvorskyNeighboursBuchnevichKyrouSuterBjugstadBerggrenToropchenkoJosephSundqvistParaykoBrobergFaulkTuckerFowlerMaillouxL1 O'ReillyL1 StamkosL1 EvangelistaL2 McCarronL2 SmithL2 BuntingL3 ForsbergL3 MarchessaultL3 HaulaD1 JosiD1 SkjeiD2 WilsbyD2 PerbixD3 BarronD3 Blankenburg
NSH 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
StatSTLNSH
6468
4.133.86
3.643.61
1317
22
2423
−0.016+0.016
32%40%

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 →

Nashville Predators

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 4:53
    STLJake Neighbours (Justin Faulk, Tyler Tucker)tip-in0.08 xG
    STL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Tucker, NeighboursNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg
    STL 1 – 0 NSH
  2. 9:16
    NSHRyan O'ReillyPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)tip-in0.13 xG
    STL: Parayko, Toropchenko, Suter, BrobergNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg
    STL 1 – 1 NSH
  3. 14:24
    STLPavel BuchnevichPP (Jake Neighbours, Jordan Kyrou)wrist0.19 xG
    STL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Neighbours, DvorskyNSH: Skjei, McCarron, Perbix, Smith
    STL 2 – 1 NSH

2nd period

  1. 0:45
    STLPavel Buchnevich (Jordan Kyrou, Jake Neighbours)wrist0.21 xG
    STL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Tucker, NeighboursNSH: Josi, Haula, Skjei, Bunting, Evangelista
    STL 3 – 1 NSH
  2. 3:23
    STLPhilip Broberg (Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich)slap0.07 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Broberg, NeighboursNSH: Stamkos, Skjei, Englund, Jost, Evangelista
    STL 4 – 1 NSH
  3. 3:55
    STLColton Parayko (Jimmy Snuggerud, Philip Broberg)wrist0.14 xG
    STL: Schenn, Parayko, Broberg, Snuggerud, DvorskyNSH: Haula, Bunting, Perbix, Evangelista, Wilsby
    STL 5 – 1 NSH
  4. 11:35
    NSHMichael McCarron (Michael Bunting, Roman Josi)tip-in0.07 xG
    STL: Schenn, Faulk, Tucker, Snuggerud, DvorskyNSH: Josi, Skjei, McCarron, Bunting, Smith
    STL 5 – 2 NSH
  5. 13:49
    NSHFilip Forsberg (Roman Josi, Erik Haula)wrist0.05 xG
    STL: Faulk, Sundqvist, Joseph, Toropchenko, TuckerNSH: Josi, Haula, Marchessault, Skjei, Forsberg
    STL 5 – 3 NSH

3rd period

  1. 2:02
    NSHRyan O'Reilly (Justin Barron, Luke Evangelista)wrist0.19 xG
    STL: Faulk, Fowler, Sundqvist, Joseph, ToropchenkoNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Barron, Evangelista, Blankenburg
    STL 5 – 4 NSH
  2. 7:14
    NSHSteven Stamkos (Luke Evangelista, Roman Josi)wrap-around0.13 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Broberg, NeighboursNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Skjei, Evangelista
    STL 5 – 5 NSH
  3. 10:23
    NSHSteven Stamkos (Brady Skjei, Luke Evangelista)other0.34 xG
    STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Broberg, Neighbours, DvorskyNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Skjei, Evangelista
    STL 5 – 6 NSH

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
Jimmy Snuggerud RL1011010.1520018:54——4235
Brayden Schenn CL1000020.3010218:28——4942
Dalibor Dvorsky RL1000-110.1200016:59——5044
Jake Neighbours LL2123+140.6520018:28——4859
Pavel Buchnevich LL2213+160.7702017:53——5871
Jordan Kyrou RL2033+230.3700015:15——7180
Pius Suter CL3000000.0011017:37——4541
Nick Bjugstad CL3000020.2450014:23——5063
Jonatan Berggren RL3000020.1102014:03——5357
Alexey Toropchenko RL4000-210.0810012:10——4241
Mathieu Joseph RL4000-200.003009:17——3515
Oskar Sundqvist CL4000-200.000008:20——208
Colton Parayko DD1101020.1401022:14——3445
Philip Broberg DD1112010.2000021:48——2830
Justin Faulk DD2011-130.2800021:09——6970
Tyler Tucker DD2011030.1701218:21——7086
Cam Fowler DD3000-120.1612018:48——4339
Logan Mailloux DD3000010.0101015:39——4145
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Hofer(start)L28226.7863.4658:59

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan O'Reilly CL1202+220.3301020:52——4857
Steven Stamkos CL1202+120.4710219:06——4460
Luke Evangelista RL1033030.4800017:58——5872
Michael McCarron CL2101+140.4112016:45——6469
Cole Smith RL2000+110.4110016:20——6370
Michael Bunting LL2011-100.3101016:13——6468
Filip Forsberg LL3112020.0920022:13——4523
Jonathan Marchessault RL3000+130.1900016:02——4221
Erik Haula LL3011-100.0620015:12——5135
Roman Josi DD1044+210.0113023:35——4232
Brady Skjei DD1011+120.1320023:33——4431
Adam Wilsby DD2000-120.3910018:32——4856
Nick Perbix DD2000-110.0012017:17——3849
Justin Barron DD3011+110.0400015:08——7481
Nick Blankenburg DD3000+110.0111014:48——6978
Matthew Wood R—000010.060009:29——4011
Tyson Jost C—000-110.041008:24——3111
Andreas Englund D—000-110.051126:13——5734
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Justus AnnunenW13130.10001.9536:05
Juuse Saros(start)—21165.7621.8023:55

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Neighbours (STL) 1st 4:53 · assists Justin Faulk, Tyler Tucker · Deflection · 35.7 mph shot.

Steven Stamkos · 3rd 7:14 · NSH

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
23.3 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
4.5 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 1st 14:24 · STL PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
5-on-4
Passes
4
Shot
54.0 mph
Distance
14 ft
Entry to goal
3.6 s
Type
one-timer

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Colton Parayko · 2nd 3:55 · STL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
0
Shot
42.8 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
2.4 s

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