Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesMar 23, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	7	8	17	32
STL	2	0	2	4		STL	9	3	6	18

: NSH 64STL 38
: NSH 3.39STL 3.34
PP goals: NSH 1STL 1
Hits: NSH 26STL 23
Blocks: NSH 8STL 11
PIM: NSH 23STL 38
: NSH 56%STL 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 home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for NSH: Stamkos–Marchessault–Smith skated 4:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Robert Thomas had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:09.Thomas
Points
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:19.Faulk
Points
Jake Neighbours had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:03.Neighbours
New line
New look for NSH: Stamkos–Marchessault–Smith skated 4:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stamkos Marchessault Smith
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 3.39 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Joseph–Texier–Dvorsky skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joseph Texier Dvorsky
Usage
Jake Neighbours (STL) played 12:03, −3:54 down on his 15:57 season average over 81 games.Neighbours
Usage
Tyler Tucker (STL) played 20:25, +6:00 up on his 14:25 season average over 37 games.Tucker

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

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

STL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · STL 38 · NSH 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 40% of the game, STL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

NSH

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	NSH	STL
	49	35
	2.28	1.12
	2.15	1.11
	13	6
	1	6
	25	28
	+0.050	−0.050
	40%	31%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
9:2379% CF
L2Stamkos – Marchessault – Smith
4:4271% CF
L3Sissons – McCarron – L'Heureux
3:4780% CF
L4Bunting – Bellows – Svechkov
0:42
D1Englund – Stastney
14:4762% CF
D2Skjei – Blankenburg
13:4577% CF
D3Del Gaizo – Barron
13:3864% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
5:02100% CF
PP2Skjei – Bunting – Bellows – Evangelista – Svechkov
1:02
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
0:33
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
0:33

Current NSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
11:2242% CF
L2Thomas – Neighbours – Bolduc
9:1055% CF
L3Joseph – Texier – Dvorsky
8:4644% CF
L4Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
8:0630% CF
D1Faulk – Broberg
16:0252% CF
D2Fowler – Kessel
13:3944% CF
D3Suter – Tucker
13:0121% CF

PP1Fowler – Thomas – Texier – Bolduc – Dvorsky
0:33100% CF
PK1FWalker – Thomas
2:27
PK2FFaksa – Toropchenko
2:14
PK1DSuter – Tucker
3:11
PK2DFaulk – Fowler
2:48

Current STL 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.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.22	0	0	2	18:51	—	—	75	74
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.50	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	77	72
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.36	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	78	77
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	20:19	—	—	58	48
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	0	1	2	17:34	—	—	44	69
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	57	67
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	4	0	0	13:17	—	—	67	78
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	10	13:15	—	—	46	67
Zachary L'Heureux L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	5	0	5	11:12	—	—	57	62
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	2	0	2	17:07	—	—	52	77
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	13:29	—	—	39	45
Kieffer Bellows L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	0	0	12:17	—	—	60	57
Spencer Stastney D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.19	1	1	0	16:57	—	—	62	68
Andreas Englund D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	3	0	0	16:20	—	—	59	70
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	23:51	—	—	52	68
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	1	0	2	20:30	—	—	77	82
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	1	0	19:12	—	—	52	58
Marc Del Gaizo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	61	70

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	17	14	3	.824	1.89	57:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	1.02	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	32	11
Dylan Holloway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.55	1	0	0	18:27	—	—	39	18
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	15:32	—	—	45	38
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	3	3	+3	0	0.14	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	62	79
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	1	15	13:05	—	—	44	36
Jake Neighbours L	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:03	—	—	62	79
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	2	1	0	13:54	—	—	44	34
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	39	36
Alexandre Texier L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.45	0	1	0	10:25	—	—	37	33
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	15:15	—	—	39	28
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	15:01	—	—	31	28
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	1	15	12:18	—	—	33	25
Justin Faulk D	D1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.14	0	1	0	23:19	—	—	53	47
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	6	19:35	—	—	48	36
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	52	48
Matthew Kessel D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	42	33
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:25	—	—	27	20
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:28	—	—	20	10

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.39	59:54

Goal anatomy

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

Jordan Kyrou (STL) 1st 12:13 · assists Robert Thomas, Jake Neighbours · Rush · carried in · 52.2 mph shot · 4.5 s from entry to goal.

Jordan Kyrou · 1st 12:13 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Alexandre Texier · 1st 16:57 · STL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 40.9 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Filip Forsberg · 2nd 1:04 · NSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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Justin Faulk · 3rd 10:30 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Brayden Schenn · 3rd 19:22 · STL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 72.5 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 1.1 s

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesMar 23, 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

Nashville Predators

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Jordan Kyrou · 1st 12:13 · STL

Alexandre Texier · 1st 16:57 · STL PP

Filip Forsberg · 2nd 1:04 · NSH PP

Justin Faulk · 3rd 10:30 · STL

Brayden Schenn · 3rd 19:22 · STL EN