St. Louis Blues at Dallas StarsOct 2, 2026

9:00 PM ETFriday, Oct 2, 2026· American Airlines Center

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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home

Dallas StarsDAL

Preview

Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: DAL +3.5 pts

STLaway−3.4 pts

First game · 881 km travel

Backup likely (83%) −3.4 pts

DALhome+3.5 pts

First game

STL backup likely (83%) +3.5 pts

DAL has the schedule edge (+3.5 pts net win probability): stl backup likely (83%), backup likely (83%).

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St. Louis Blues

Goalie: Jordan Binnington Expected
Start probability: Jordan Binnington83%Expected
Joel Hofer17%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 5–3 at UTA · Apr 16

L1Walker – Toropchenko – Finley
12:59
L2Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
12:10
L3Berggren – Neighbours – Dvorsky
11:26
L4Buchnevich – Kyrou – Suter
10:50
D1Broberg – Mailloux
17:24
D2Holl – Tucker
16:21
D3Fowler – Parayko
15:39
PP1Thomas – Broberg – Holloway – Neighbours – Snuggerud
1:05

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Dallas Stars

Goalie: Jake Oettinger Confirmed
Start probability: Jake Oettinger97%Confirmed
Casey DeSmith3%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: L 2–5 at MIN · Apr 30

L1Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
10:13
L2Benn – Duchene – Steel
3:18
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Bäck
3:06
L4Bunting – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:00
D1Heiskanen – Harley
18:07
D2Lindell – Lyubushkin
12:51
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
9:44
PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:23

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Game day: all games on Oct 2.

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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.