St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildMar 1, 2026

FinalSunday, Mar 1, 2026· Grand Casino Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	2	3		STL	7	7	10	24
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	8	11	4	23

: STL 51MIN 50
: STL 2.71MIN 2.30
PP goals: STL 0MIN 1
Hits: STL 19MIN 13
Blocks: STL 6MIN 11
PIM: STL 4MIN 2
: STL 49%MIN 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at MIN. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:47 together.

Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:07.Buchnevich
Points
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:08.Thomas
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:47 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Hughes Boldy
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Thomas–Snuggerud skated 12:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Thomas Snuggerud
New line
New look for STL: Suter–Holloway–Dvorsky skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Suter Holloway Dvorsky
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Toropchenko–Finley skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Toropchenko Finley
Usage
Logan Mailloux (STL) played 20:32, +3:49 up on his 16:43 season average over 66 games.Mailloux
Usage
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 25:22, +3:16 up on his 22:06 season average over 77 games.Kaprizov

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · MIN 50 · STL 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 29% of the game, MIN 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MIN 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
Stat	STL	MIN
	53	49
	1.57	1.99
	1.52	1.93
	7	10
	0	2
	26	28
	−0.012	+0.012
	29%	34%

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

L1Schenn – Thomas – Snuggerud
12:3272% CF
L2Suter – Holloway – Dvorsky
12:3150% CF
L3Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours
10:2918% CF
L4Sundqvist – Toropchenko – Finley
6:0783% CF
D1Faulk – Broberg
19:2341% CF
D2Fowler – Mailloux
18:0748% CF
D3Tucker – Kessel
13:0186% CF

PP1Schenn – Thomas – Broberg – Holloway – Snuggerud
1:1767% CF
PP2Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours – Dvorsky
0:43
PK1FSundqvist – Buchnevich
1:41
PK2FToropchenko – Suter
0:27
PK1DFaulk – Broberg
2:47

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
10:3671% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:2945% CF
L3Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
6:510% CF
L4Pitlick – Hinostroza – Sturm
5:0920% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
20:0162% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
14:2138% CF
D3Bogosian – Hunt
10:5321% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
2:4778% CF
PK1FTrenin – Boldy
0:40
PK2FJohansson – Yurov
0:20
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
0:57
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
0:38

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

16:09
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes)tip-in0.15 xG
STL: Faulk, Toropchenko, Suter, BrobergMIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy
STL 0 – 1 MIN
18:05
STLLogan Mailloux (Robert Thomas, Brayden Schenn)snap0.05 xG
STL: Schenn, Fowler, Thomas, Mailloux, SnuggerudMIN: Hinostroza, Trenin, Hughes, Faber, Yurov
STL 1 – 1 MIN

3rd period

16:21
STLPavel Buchnevich (Jimmy Snuggerud)wrist0.07 xG
STL: Buchnevich, Thomas, Tucker, Kessel, SnuggerudMIN: Bogosian, Tarasenko, Trenin, Hunt, Yurov
STL 2 – 1 MIN
19:35
STLRobert ThomasEN (Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.69 xG
STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Suter, MaillouxMIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy
STL 3 – 1 MIN

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
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.87	0	1	2	17:08	—	—	73	70
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:52	—	—	67	68
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	2	0	0	16:41	—	—	65	65
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	17:31	—	—	46	47
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	16:30	—	—	52	56
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	46	47
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.26	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	28	31
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	37	29
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	39	21
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	60	22
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:52	—	—	64	17
Jack Finley C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	9:38	—	—	58	37
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	1	0	25:57	—	—	45	37
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	25:28	—	—	42	28
Logan Mailloux D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.12	3	1	0	20:32	—	—	47	43
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	50	47
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	80	89
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	87	99

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.30	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.42	0	0	0	25:22	—	—	77	71
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	2	0	19:20	—	—	60	63
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	2	0	16:38	—	—	60	62
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	20:46	—	—	47	60
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	3	1	0	19:52	—	—	58	74
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	44	74
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	3	0	0	15:00	—	—	30	55
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	42	63
Danila Yurov R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.37	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	35	66
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	9:19	—	—	18	24
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	1	0	2	9:05	—	—	21	25
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	7:04	—	—	27	30
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	27:57	—	—	62	74
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	23:45	—	—	60	73
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:39	—	—	35	36
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	17:07	—	—	42	40
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	31	31
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	32	27

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	1.66	58:33

Goal anatomy

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

Kirill Kaprizov (MIN PP) 2nd 16:09 · assists Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes · Deflection · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 21.9 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 16:09 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Logan Mailloux · 2nd 18:05 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 75.0 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 3rd 16:21 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.5 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 8.0 s

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Robert Thomas · 3rd 19:35 · STL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.6 mph
Distance: 65 ft

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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.