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Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesDec 15, 2025

Final· Enterprise Center
away
NSH
5
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STL
2
Goals123TShots123T
NSH1315NSH128626
STL1012STL661022
NSH 53STL 43
NSH 3.36STL 2.20
PP goals
NSH 1STL 1
Hits
NSH 13STL 22
Blocks
NSH 7STL 11
PIM
NSH 15STL 17
NSH 65%STL 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at STL. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:47 together.

  1. Points
    Filip Forsberg had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:20.Forsberg
  2. Points
    Dalibor Dvorsky had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:07.Dvorsky
  3. Points
    Roman Josi had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:41.Josi
  4. Points
    Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:45.O'Reilly
  5. PP1
    NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:47 together.StamkosJosiO'ReillyMarchessaultForsberg
  6. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Neighbours and Dvorsky) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:15 together.FowlerBuchnevichThomasNeighboursDvorsky
  7. New line
    New look for STL: Suter–McGing–Dvorsky skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SuterMcGingDvorsky
  8. New line
    New look for STL: Sundqvist–Luff–Toropchenko skated 9:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SundqvistLuffToropchenko

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, NSH at STL: 96 attempts, 48 on goal, 7 goals, 5.56 expected goals; best chance Filip Forsberg at 0.60 xG.

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

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · STL 43 · NSH 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NSH at STL: expected goals 2.20 to 3.36 (NSH led the chances), shot attempts 43 to 53, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdSTLNSHFDBFSDFnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • STL
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
STLNSHcontrol2nd3rdForsberg · 1st 0:27Dvorsky · 1st 10:06Bunting · 2nd 1:23Forsberg · 2nd 5:31Schaefer · 2nd 18:45Dvorsky · 3rd 8:29Forsberg · 3rd 16:09
  • 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 43% of the game, STL 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NSH at STL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Joel Hofer (59:39) for STL and Juuse Saros (60:00) for NSH, 7 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, STL rows versus NSH columns: 250 matchups; most common Broberg vs Evangelista, 8:44 at 67% xGF.

STL ↓ · NSH →O'ReillyForsbergEvangelistaMcCarronSchaeferJostHaulaMarchessaultBuntingStamkosWoodSvechkovSkjeiWilsbyJosiPerbixBlankenburgHagueL1 SuterL1 DvorskyL1 McGingL2 SundqvistL2 ToropchenkoL2 LuffL3 NeighboursL3 FabbriL3 SchennL4 ThomasL4 BuchnevichL4 JosephD1 BrobergD1 ParaykoD2 FaulkD2 TuckerD3 FowlerD3 Mailloux
STL 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
StatNSHSTL
4741
1.901.62
1.821.55
1110
12
1817
+0.085−0.085
43%17%

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

Current NSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 0:27
    NSHFilip Forsberg (Ryan O'Reilly, Brady Skjei)wrist0.15 xG
    NSH: O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg, Evangelista, WilsbySTL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Broberg, Neighbours
    NSH 1 – 0 STL
  2. 10:06
    STLDalibor Dvorsky (Hugh McGing, Justin Faulk)wrist0.08 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, McCarron, Hague, Blankenburg, WoodSTL: Fowler, Suter, McGing, Mailloux, Dvorsky
    NSH 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

  1. 1:23
    NSHMichael Bunting (Nick Perbix, Erik Haula)wrap-around0.11 xG
    NSH: Josi, Haula, Marchessault, Bunting, PerbixSTL: Schenn, Parayko, Fabbri, Tucker, Neighbours
    NSH 2 – 1 STL
  2. 5:31
    NSHFilip ForsbergPP (Steven Stamkos, Roman Josi)wrist0.10 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault, ForsbergSTL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Thomas, Tucker
    NSH 3 – 1 STL
  3. 18:45
    NSHReid Schaefer (Roman Josi)wrist0.02 xG
    NSH: Josi, McCarron, Jost, Schaefer, BlankenburgSTL: Schenn, Parayko, Fabbri, Broberg, Neighbours
    NSH 4 – 1 STL

3rd period

  1. 8:29
    STLDalibor DvorskyPP (Jake Neighbours, Pavel Buchnevich)snap0.27 xG
    NSH: McCarron, Jost, Hague, PerbixSTL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Neighbours, Dvorsky
    NSH 4 – 2 STL
  2. 16:09
    NSHFilip ForsbergEN (Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.60 xG
    NSH: O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg, Evangelista, WilsbySTL: Schenn, Faulk, Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Neighbours
    NSH 5 – 2 STL

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan O'Reilly CL1022+210.1400018:45——6734
Filip Forsberg LL1303+241.1010016:20——6942
Luke Evangelista RL1000+210.1200016:03——6742
Michael McCarron CL2000010.0412413:41——3116
Reid Schaefer LL2101+110.1820011:51——3541
Tyson Jost CL2000+100.0010011:44——3842
Erik Haula LL3011+120.1801017:19——5468
Jonathan Marchessault RL3000+110.4110016:34——5365
Michael Bunting LL3101+130.2220015:30——6566
Steven Stamkos CL4011-130.3610015:53——5266
Matthew Wood RL4000-110.2420014:27——5064
Fedor Svechkov CL4000010.0400012:31——6377
Brady Skjei DD1011+230.0501219:44——5259
Adam Wilsby DD1000+200.0000018:06——5573
Roman Josi DD2022+220.1810023:41——5342
Nick Perbix DD2011+110.1001018:25——4536
Nick Blankenburg DD3000010.0101017:23——5766
Nicolas Hague DD3000-100.0011717:18——6066
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Juuse Saros(start)W22202.9092.2060:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pius Suter CL1000+120.2200017:36——3638
Dalibor Dvorsky RL1202+130.4231217:07——3633
Hugh McGing LL1011+120.1701013:54——4139
Oskar Sundqvist CL2000010.0401015:28——7339
Alexey Toropchenko RL2000010.0210215:27——6948
Matt Luff RL2000020.0120013:00——6755
Jake Neighbours LL3011-400.0340014:44——1412
Robby Fabbri CL3000-200.0010213:41——2420
Brayden Schenn CL3000-320.0621512:24——2322
Robert Thomas CL4000-200.2212016:24——3966
Pavel Buchnevich LL4011-220.3110015:24——4260
Mathieu Joseph RL4000010.3910010:32——6282
Philip Broberg DD1000-210.1200023:33——6174
Colton Parayko DD1000-310.1232019:45——4851
Justin Faulk DD2011-100.0013022:03——3826
Tyler Tucker DD2000-120.0300018:02——5242
Cam Fowler DD3000000.0010017:29——4029
Logan Mailloux DD3000+120.0510616:26——4847
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Hofer(start)L25214.8402.7659:39

Goal anatomy

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

Filip Forsberg (NSH) 1st 0:27 · assists Ryan O'Reilly, Brady Skjei · Forecheck turnover · 22.8 mph shot.

Filip Forsberg · 3rd 16:09 · NSH EN

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
64.4 mph
Distance
55 ft
Entry to goal
1.1 s

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